Annexe G.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS, KENNEDY TOWN.
REPORT BY DR. P. J. KELLY, Medical Officer in Charge.
Buildings.-The hospital buildings have been well cared for during the year and necessary repairs have been promptly dealt with.
The new Sisters', Wardmasters' and Servants' Quarters are nearing completion and will be ready for occupation early next year.
The matshed erection in the hospital compound has been removed as it will no longer be required for Sisters' Quarters.
Sixteen cases were admitted to this hospital during the year. They were as follows:-
Small-pox--13 (English 4, American 1, Japanese 1, Indian 3, Chinese 4).
Leprosy - 1 (Chinese).
Chicken-pox - 1 (Indian).
Cholera - 1 (Norwegian). Under observation.
Two cases, one of Chicken-pox (English) and one of Leprosy (Indian), remained in hospital from the previous year, so that altogether eighteen cases were treated in this hospital during the year.
There were no deaths.
The Tung Wa Small-pox Branch Hospital (Chinese).
Buildings.-The hospital buildings have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair.
Eighty-four cases were admitted during the year as follows:
Small-pox, ... 82
Observation for Small-pox, ... 2
One case remained under treatment from the previous year, so that total number of cases treated amounted to eighty-five.
Thirty-one cases terminated fatally.