64. The Plague Hospitals in the Eastern and Western Districts and at Kowloon City report that no cases of any kind were admitted, whether plague or ordinary cases.
The Dispensaries Committee are again indebted to the authorities of the Alice Memorial Hospital for assistance in the matter of the issue of medicines and drugs, and the regulations of the consumption.
65. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 685 as compared with 604 in 1919. The monthly figures varied from 56 in June to 43 in August. The percentage of these "dumpings" to the total number of Chinese deaths was 5.63 (Table XIX).
Of the 685 bodies abandoned, 17 were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
66. Table XVIII, compiled from statistics in the Sanitary Department, shows the number of death certificates issued in proportion to the total number of Chinese deaths, and the number of cases in which post-mortem examinations were held.
67. The percentage of cases in which death was certified was 41 as compared with 48 in 1919.
The Maternity Hospital at Wanchai has dealt with 477 cases as against 194 in 1919.
The Committee wish to record their appreciation of the invaluable assistance again given by Mrs. Hickling in this connection. To general advice and direction, Mrs. Hickling has added close personal supervision; and besides being available at emergencies, has taken tours of duty during temporary shortages in the staff.
CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY. (Table XXI.)
68. The balance increased from $10,282 in 1919 to $16,344. In 1918 the figure was $1,449.
69. TRANSLATION WORK DONE IN THE SECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS DURING THE YEAR 1920.
Translation from Chinese into English. Translation from English into Chinese. Petitions, 207 Ordinances, Letters, 118 Regulations, Newspaper articles and items of news, 30 Government notices, 146 Unspecified, 229 5 Minutes, Unspecified, 28 Total, 584 239 Grand total,.. 823