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35. The following table shows the principal institutions affording medical relief to the civil population :-
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Accommo- dation.
Authority in Control.
Government Institutions:—
Government Civil Hospital.
246 beds.
Medical Department.
Victoria Hospital
74
Do.
Kowloon Hospital
{
84 beds
and 8 cots.
26 beds.
}
Do.
Do.
Gaol Hospital.....
30
Do.
>>
Do.
Do.
Do.
Infectious Diseases Hospital
Taipo Dispensary
Un Long Dispensary
Wanchai Maternity & Infant
Welfare Centre
Chinese Benevolent
Institutions:-
The Tung Wah Hospital The Tung Wah Eastern
Hospital
The Kwong Wah Hospital...
The Tung Wah Infectious
Diseases Hospital
The Tsan Yuk Maternity
Hospital
460 beds.
279
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325
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60
"
57
13
The Chinese Eastern Mat-
ernity Hospital
31
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The Chinese Public Dis-
pensaries (9 in number)
Mission Hospitals:-
Alice Memorial & Affiliated
Hospitals..
Chinese Committee.
Do. Do.
Do.
Special Chinese Committee.
Do.
Do. for each.
London Missionary Society.
126 beds.
Matilda Hospital
50
17
The French Hospital.
110
The Italian Hospital
18
J
War Memorial Hoapital......
50
*
Special Committee.
Special Committee. French Mission. Canossian Mission.
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Non-Government Organisations engaged in
Public Health Work,
36. In addition to the Government organisation there are in the Colony a number of Benevolent Societies and Associations whose activities in the cause of public health are of great benefit to the community. The chief among these are:-the Tung Wah Hospital Charity, the Chinese Public Dispensaries, the various Missionary Societies, the Children's Aid Society, the St. John Ambulance Association, the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the New Territories Medical Benevolent Association, the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A.
37. A description of the Tung Wah Hospital and the Chinese Public Dispensaries will be found in the body of the report.
38. The St. John Ambulance Association teaches first aid and home nursing and issues certificates after examination to success- ful candidates. Many hundreds of certificates have been issued. 39. The St. John Ambulance Brigade which is distinct from the Association is a body which practises in the field the theory taught by the latter. The Brigade which holds a strong position in the Colony does excellent work both in the training of personnel and in the performance of first aid duties. In the New Territories it has established a number of medical centres staffed by full time nurses. The Brigade renders valuable assistance to the Government especially with regard to vaccina. tion and propaganda.
Medical Education.
40. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong provides a six year's course in premedical and medical sciences leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery which are awarded on examination. Most of the clinical teaching is carried out at the Government Civil Hospital where 100 beds have been placed under the care of the professors of surgery, medicine and obstetrics who have been appointed respectively Surgeon, Physician and Obstetric Physician to the hospital. The degrees of the Medical Faculty are recognised by the General Medical Council for registration in Great Britain. 41. Courses of training for nurses and midwives have been established at a number of hospitals in the Colony. Examina- tions are held for midwives and certificates issued by the Mid- wives Examination Board.
Progress with regard to the Reorganisation of the Medical and Sanitary Services.
42. During the year the Government forwarded to the Sani- tary Board for information and comment the recommendations contained in the report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services on 'The Need for Reorganisation of the Medical and Sanitary Services,'
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