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Mental Hospital.-The Hospital is situated close to the Civil Hospital and is under the direction of the Medical Officer in charge of that hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing fourteen beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion eighteen beds.
293 patients of all races were treated during 1930 and there were eight deaths.
The Infectious Diseases Hospital is situated on the western outskirts of the city—it is used mainly for the treatment of Small-pox. The Hospital contains 26 beds to which seven patients were admitted (40 in 1929).
Victoria Hospital—This hospital is situated on the Peak and consists of a Main Block and a Maternity Block.
There are 42 beds in the main block in which 500 patients were treated, and 32 beds in the Maternity Block in which 82 were treated.
Kowloon Hospital.—Situated on the mainland has 57 beds. 1,694 patients were treated in 1930 as compared with 1,277 in 1929.
TUNG WAH HOSPITAL (Government aided).
Number of beds 460 Number of patients treated in 1930 12,772 Number of patients treated in 1929 12,806INFECTIOUS DISEASES BRANCH.
Number of beds 63 Number of patients treated in 1930 73 Number of patients treated in 1929 186KWONG WAH HOSPITAL, KOWLOON, (Government aided).
Number of beds 292 Number of patients treated in 1930 9,777 Number of patients treated in 1929 9,065TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITAL (Government aided).
Number of beds 120 Number of patients treated in 1930 3,122 Number of patients treated in 1929 223(Hospital opened November, 1929).
The above Hospitals are under the supervision of a Visiting Medical Officer who is a member of the Government Medical Department.