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CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES.
(Tables XXII to XXV).
35. There are nine "Chinese Public Dispensaries" situated in the populous centres on both sides of the Harbour, and two Maternity Hospitals (the Tsan Yuk in the West, and the Wantsai Hospital in the East) which are an important part of the Dispensaries Organisation. There is an annual Government grant of $2,000, and the Dispensaries and Ilospitals are built on land granted by the Government: further the Government finds one Medical Officer in charge of Chinese Hospitals and Dis- pensaries, and three Assistant Medical Officers (Ladies) to supervise the medical work. Otherwise all the eleven institutions are financed by the Chinese Community and are managed by Chinese Committees with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as Chairman of the General Committee,
36. An enormous and ever-increasing number of sick, too poor to pay for doctor's fees or buy proper medicine, are successfully reached. In the three big hospitals the patient can choose between Western and Chinese methods of treatment, but here in the Dispensaries he is treated only by Western methods and with the best drugs procurable bought from the Government Central Medical Stores. Lady doctors treat the gynaecological cases once a week in eight of the Dispensaries.
the
The
37. The reconstructed and enlarged Dispensary on Yaumati water-front, which caters largely for the floating popula- tion, was nearing completion at the end of the year, and an entirely new Dispensary at Kowloon City, on a central site granted by Government, is in process of construction. Dispensaries at Shaukiwan, Aberdeen and Wanchai are also in excellent buildngs of their kind. The Central Dispensary has been enlarged. Instruments for small minor operations and tooth forceps are being added to each Dispensary, and each will in time have its own microscope, especially for differentiating the Malarias which form a big percentage of the cases treated.
38. Each Dispensary acts as ી. focus for Propaganda- breaking down prejudices against "Foreign" Medicines and Methods of Treatment,
39. The Dispensaries undertake the removal also of corpses to mortuaries, and they supply coffins.
40. Sick, too serious for outpatient treatment, are removed by the Dispensaries to hospital.
41. For summary of work done in the Dispensaries, see Table XXII.
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TSAN YUK MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
(Table XXVI).
42. This Hospital is a part of the organisation financed and managed by the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee. Its proximity to the University has made it a convenient centre for the training of Medical Students in residence, and an arrangement has been made under which the Committee recognises this fact and welcomes the voluntary assistance of the University Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dr. R. E. Tottenham) who is in effect in direct or supervising charge of all the patients in the Hospital. The arrangement is to mutual advantage: but it may be that the extra cost to the Committee of medicines and supplies, due to the use of the Institution as a training school, will need consideration in the near future. Dr. S. K. Lam is the Chinese Public Dispensary Doctor in residence.
43. There are thirteen Gynaecology.
Admissions 1931....
sixty
beds--forty-seven Maternity and
1,823
1930....
1,326
1981
1930
Deliveries.
1,248
1,251
Still-births.
46
69
Maternal Deaths.
3
2
44. The clinical work in the outpatient department is carried on by the staff of the Assistant Visiting Medical Officer, Chinese Hospitals and Dispensarics.
45. In addition to ordinary gynaecological cases there are special clinics for Ante-natal, Infant Welfare and Venereal Disease.
WANCHAI MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
46. During 1931 this hospital as the result of the initiative and energy of Messrs. Wong Kwong-tin and Li Jow-san has been remodelled and enlarged. Consequently patients, not being able to enter there went elsewhere and statistics fell off. The reconstructed Hospital was opened towards the end of the year and the extra accommodation and improved equipment will be of great benefit to a crowded neighbourhood. Dr. Ho Ko-tsun is in charge.
47. There are twenty-two beds. Eighty-three cases were admitted in the year and delivered. No deaths occurred during
1931.
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