M 61
EYE DEPARTMENT.
This has, as in former years, been under the care of Dr. Harston :-
GENERAL COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.
1918. 1917.
Cases remaining in hospital at end of 1917, 233 263
Admissions, 6,329 5,089
Total number of in-patients, *** 6,526 5,352
Deaths, ... 2,123 1,455
Discharged, ... 4,163 3,664
Remaining in hospital at end of year, 276 233
Males treated,... 5,148 4,180
Females treated, 1,414 1,172
Hospital, ... ... ...
Transferred to Government Civil Hospital, 2,072 1,436
Bodies brought in dead to the Tung Wah 841 571
Bodies sent to the Public Mortuary, 36 84
Free Burials, ** 4,563 4,343
Destitutes sheltered, 534 1,115
Vaccinations, ... 605 6,645