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Name of Ward Meaning of Name Beds Disease. West Block First Floor. Fuk Happiness 15 Malaria Fevers Shau Long Life 15 Lung diseases Ground Floor Hong Prosperity 15 Diarrhoea Ning Tranquillity 15 General medical North Block First Floor Ping Peaceful 17 Surgical On Restful 17 Beri-beri etc. Ground Floor Tik Promotion 3 Surgical Kat Good Luck 16 Beri-beri.When the new Surgical wards are in use, the arrangement of North Block will be as follows:-
First Floor Plag 17 Beri-beri Ground Floor Tik 16 Destitutes Kat 17 Do.I have re-measured the wards and have limited the number of patients in each to allow a minimum of 300 cubic feet per patient counting only twelve feet of the height. If the whole height to the roof be taken into account, the space allowance per patient is very considerably greater.
There are still 24 of the Ko Fong wards in existence. Of these eight are built against a retaining wall and are used only as stores. Sixteen of them, each able to accommodate two persons, had been re-constructed before I assumed the duties of inspection of the