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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
(f) Victoria Gaol Hospital.
(g) Lai Chi Kok Prison Hospital.
(h) Kowloon Mortuary.
(i) Families of Government servants, Victoria.
(j) Families of Government servants, Kowloon.
(k) New Territories Dispensaries-six in number.
(1) Hospital at Jubilee Reservoir (Shing Mun).
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4. Since 1929 there has been a considerable increase in the various activities connected with the hospital division:-
(a) At the three general hospitals only the inpatients have increased from 6,845 in 1929 to 8,614 in 1935, the outpatients from 79,450 to 150,629.
(b) Work at the gaol and prison hospitals has so increased that the Superintendent of Prisons has asked for a whole time Medical Officer.
(c) The number of bodies dealt with at the Kowloon Mortuary
was 2,626 in 1929 and 3,107 in 1935.
In addition, 97,575 rats were examined.
(d) In the New Territories work has greatly increased there being six dispensaries instead of two, also a travelling dispensary.
(e) At Jubilee Reservoir (Shing Mun) there is a small hospital
and an outpatient clinic for 2,000 labourers.
5. With regard to the domiciliary treatment of Government servants there has been no outstanding increase and there is now for this duty the same number of Medical Officers as there was in 1929 viz. one for Victoria-who also does the Gaol and Infectious Diseases Hospital and acts as Police Surgeon-and one for Kowloon who also does the prisons, the Mortuary, the New Territory and in addition is Railway Medical Officer.
6. It will be seen that the small increase of staff of the Hospital Division from eight to ten is in no way due to the change of the Government Orders which allowed of senior officers being attended in their houses when such was necessary.
7. It is not therefore correct to say that a good deal of the time of the present medical officers could be saved if people who now go to Government Hospitals were compelled to consult private practitioners.
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