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The percentage of return cases to new cases treated at the Victoria Dispensaries has dropped from 57 in 1910 to 45 in 1911, but at Hunghom and Yaumati the percentage has risen again to 22, while at Kowloon City it remains about the same. The percentage of all return to new cases treated is 37, as against 31 in 1910.
The total number of cases treated at the dispensaries in 1911 shows an increase of nearly 13,000 over the figures for 1910: 68,566 against 55,614.
The number of infants brought to the dispensaries shows a further increase, and the number of vaccinations performed again shows nearly a 50 per cent. increase. The total expenditure on the dispensaries was $33,434.
An analysis of the returns giving the number of infants brought to the dispensaries in Victoria shows that confidence in them increases every year. At West Point the number of dead infants brought in was double that during 1910, though the number of live ones shows a small decrease; at the Central the numbers in either class show a marked increase; while at the Eastern Dispensary, though there were no live infants brought in, there were again a few more dead. The number of cases in which it was not stated from what address the infant was brought, shows a slight increase at each of the three Dispensaries.
Total number of children under 5 years of age brought in for treatment has risen from 7,262 in 1910 to 7,892.
The return (Table XX) included this year for the first time and compiled from statistics in the Sanitary Department, showing the number of death certificates issued in proportion to the total number of Chinese deaths during the year, will later, it is hoped, afford comparisons which should throw a useful light on the work of the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
The District Plague Hospital at Wauchai was opened to patients on the 23rd April, and formally declared open by the Registrar General with the Committee on the 17th October. It comprises a dispensary, waiting-room, etc., quarters for office boys and messengers, and accommodation for ambulances and dead-vans, and a small hospital with rooms for nurses. The total cost, including purchase of part of the site, was a little over $18,000. Of this sum $4,000 was raised by theatrical performances and the rest by private subscriptions. Towards the upkeep of the Hospital, annual contributions of $550 have already been promised. No cases of plague were dealt with by this Hospital during 1911.
The District Plague Hospital at West Point opened in 1910 did good work during the year. The numbers of plague cases treated were as follows: