- 8
Diagnosis Incomplete
(a) Attended clinic but did not
attend for X-ray
(b) Examination incomplete at
31st December, 1949
Total:
3,334
839
4,173
26
A distressingly large number of individuals attended but failed to complete the examination, the proportion being rather less than last year.
Bacteriological Investigations.
all such work is carried out at the Goverment Pathological Institute, the details being as follows i❤
Positive.
Negative.
Total
Sputum
672
1,636
2,308
Gasterio Lavage
..
6
54
60
Pleural Liquid
9
23
32
Kahn Test .....
8
41
49
Stage of disease on first attendance
Of those found to be suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis more than two-thirds were suffering from bilateral' disease.
Cases selected for hospital treatment were, apart from Government Servants who are accorded priority treatment, chosen from the less extensive types of case, who appeared most likely to derive permanent benefit from such treatment.
Number admitted to Hospitals.
(Queen Mary Hospital.... 184 Government Hospitals (Lai Chi Kok Hospital.. 257
(St. John Hospital
8
49
Non-Govt. Hospitals
Buttonjee Sanatorium (Tung Wah Group Hosp.
252
11
263
712
Grand total of Admission to Hospitals
It is unfortunately not possible to do more than give advice and symptomatic treatment to the more advanced type of cases who must do what they can for themselves at home, A subsidiary acheme for the provision of extra nourishment to such individuals, com eneed in 1948, was discontinued on 30th June, 1949 as part of a general economy measure,
The details of out-patient treatment oa ried out at the clinic was as follows :-
Number Treated (specifying forms of treatment)
a. Injections
778