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the main hospital, may be utilized as a Small-pox Branch Hospital, extensive repairs and improvements are being done to fit them for their new purposes.
The Small-pox Matshed Hospital West of Kennedy Town was opened when required during the year. The number of admissions was 11 (69 in 1908).
EYE DISEASES.
Dr. Harston continued his Eye Cliniques on Mondays and Fridays at 4.30 p.m. until his departure from the Colony in September. Since then the work of the department has been carried on by Dr. Leung Chik Fan, who has become proficient in eye practice and Dr. Marriott has acted for Dr. Harston as consultant for eye cases. 603 new cases were seen (687 in 1908), and 2,542 visits were made to this department. Of the new cases 258 were Trachoma. 96 pupils were sent from various schools to be examined for this disease, and of these 82 were found to be cases of Trachoma, the remainder suffering from other diseases of the eye.
112 eye operations were performed, of which the following were the more important:-
Jaesche-Arlt operation for Trichiasis, 5 Excision of Fornix Conjunctivæ, 2 Snellen's operation for Entropion, 25 Ectropion, 1 Mules' operation for evisceration of eyeball, 3 Enucleation of eyeball, 1 Hess's operation for Ptosis, 1 Cataract, 22 Iridectomy, 28 Glaucoma Iridolysis, 1 Pterygium, 4 Symblepharon, 3 Paracentesis in Corneal Ulcers, 6Table V is a classification of the diseases treated in the eye department.
BERI-BERI.
During the year 709 cases were admitted of whom 261 (36%) died as compared with 941 admissions and 368 deaths (39%) in 1908.
MALARIA.
There has been a large number of cases of Malaria, chiefly from the railway works and the outlying villages. Three hundred and eighty-three (383) cases of whom 88 (23%) died were admitted as against 355 (93 deaths, 26%) in 1908.
INSPECTION.
The hospital has been duly inspected by the Visiting Justices twice monthly, and has been certified by them to have been found on all occasions clean and in good order. Certain of them have called attention to the necessity for repairs in the Extension Hospital;