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Under present circumstances it has been found necessary to make use of the Tuberculosis Visitors in the Clinic to assist in registration of the patients which, in addition to their om clerical work, has curtailed con- siderably the time available for visiting In spite of this the work done has been of considerable value not only from the point of view of immediate benefit to the patient but also from the point of view of early diagnosis of disease among contacts, and by dissemination of propaganda. experiment of using staff without the usual qualifications has been arsly justified and the results obtained are a credit to their trainers.
Almoners! Department.
The
The Almoners' Department is operated under one Almoner and two assistants. Details of the work done are incorporated in the report of the Principal Almoner,
Surveys.
X-ray surveys are considered as being more appropriate to the administrative rather than the clinical sphere and are not now arrangeed through the tuber- culosis clinic. Responsibility for final assessment is however undertaken in respect of certain surveys. Three such surveys were carried out during
details of which are appended herewith.
the year,
A.
Government servants.
B.
School teachers
Non-Government.
C.
Prisoners in Stanley Prison.
In the case of Government Servants an annual survey is intended. This is the first complete survey carried out and should diminish the amount of investigation necessary at subsequent surveys. The results of the survey
are as follows:-
(Queen Mary Hospital
Total X-rayed (
(Kowloon Hospital
13,347
9,047
Total
22.394
kuferred to Harcourt Clinic and further
equination considered unnecessary .................. 223
Total referred to Harcourt Tuberculosis Clinic
for examination
Calcified
Healed
Quiescent
Active
Suspicious
Not Tuberculous
Diagnosis not complete
..1,295
223
300
573
213
28
104
77
Included in the above are those Government Servants who have been attending regularly during the year, subsequent to last year's survey which was incomplete and involved only about 25% of Government
Servants.