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COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
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the wood-work of the doors and windows was in course of preparation.
8. On the 29th November, the Governor opened to the public a new pier opposite the end of Pedder Street, 200 feet long by 40 feet wide, now known as Blake Pier. The base was designed to carry the new Clock Tower which it is proposed to erect to take the place of that which stands in Pedder Street, and which has become an obstruction to the traffic.
VI.-GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.
(a.) Hospitals.
1. A total number of 2,913 cases were admitted into the Government Civil Hospital during the year 1900, showing an increase of 1 per cent. over the number of admissions in the previous year. Two hundred and twenty-five operations were performed, of which only seven ended fatally.
2. Fifty-four (54) cases were admitted into the Maternity Hospital, as against 36 in 1899. Six deaths occurred among the patients.
3. The hospital hulk Hygeia was not used during the year, as the accommodation at the Kennedy Town Hospital is now sufficient. It is proposed to use the Hygeia for quarantined passengers under examination.
4. One hundred and seven (107) cases of plague were treated at the Kennedy Town Infectious Hospital during the year, with a mortality of 77.5 per cent.; 83 cases ended fatally. Fifteen cases of beri-beri, with one death, were also treated.
5. The admissions to the gaol hospital numbered 495, as compared with 503 in 1899. Six deaths occurred from natural causes, and there were two executions.
6. The number of patients in the wards of the Tung Wa Hospital at the beginning of the year was 154; 2,981 were admitted during 1900, making a total of 3,135 cases treated. There were 1,267 deaths, the high rate of mortality being due to the fact that the lower classes of the Chinese community regard this hospital as not alone a place for the treatment of diseases, but also a refuge in which to die. A free site has been granted on the western side of Inland Lot 1,082 for the erection of a permanent branch hospital for the treatment of contagious diseases. This new hospital will take the place of the temporary matsheds which have hitherto been built for the reception of infectious cases.
(b.) Lunatic Asylum.
7. The Lunatic Asylum is divided into European and Chinese wards. 109 patients were admitted. There was an increase in the number of Chinese patients treated, viz., 97 as against 59 in 1899.
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