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Annexe G.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS, KENNEDY TOWN.
REPORT BY DR. C. W. McKENNY, Medical Officer.
Buildings. -No structural additions or changes have been made.
Staff.-Wardmaster de Haney went on leave and joined the R.A.M.C. Wardmaster Kong Yee was appointed.
The Hospital was open during the year as follows ;—
From 11th February to 18th May 12 patients were admitted. This may be considered the normal small-pox season and usually few, if any, cases are admitted till the next year but this year during September and November two cases were admitted and during December 19 cases.
Thirty patients all of whom were suffering from small-pox were under treatment. Three persons were under observation but found not to be suffering from small-pox.
The nationalities represented were as follows:--
British, Russian, American (U.S.A.), Japanese, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Portuguese.
Five deaths occurred, representing a mortality percentage of 16.6 per cent.
The following Table shows the relationship between vaccination and the virulence of small-pox
Patient. Rash. Result. Con-fluent. Discrete. Hæmor-rhagic. Cured. Died. Unvaccinated,.. 6 6 3 Vaccinated in childhood,: 3 9 1 11 2 Multiple vaccinations,... 1. 7 8 0TUNG WA SMALL-POX BRANCH HOSPITAL (CHINESE).
Buildings. The buildings have been well maintained.
Staff. The staff has remained the same as heretofore.
During the year 175 patients were admitted. All of these were suffering from small-pox.