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The public service rendered by the Tung Wah Hospital continues to be very valuable. One would like to see the Chinese take still more advantage by seeking medical advice and treatment in the very early stage of disease. Too many of the patients suffer from chronic complaints for which there is often no cure or very little relief. It is interesting to note the increase in the number of women attending hospital for treatment.
GENERAL COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.
1920 1919 Cases remaining in hospital at end of 1919, 262 276 Admissions in 1920, 7,129 6,726 Total number of in-patients treated 7,391 7,002 Deaths, 1,819 1,903 Discharged 5,242 4,837 Cases remaining in hospital at end of 1920, 330 262 Males, 4,928 5,007 Females... 2,201 1,995 Cases transferred to Government Civil Hospital, 148 76 Cases brought in dead, 1,532 1,494 Bodies sent to the Public Mortuary, 760 702 Free burials, 5,228 4,681 Destitutes sheltered, ... Vaccinations, 901 1,256 718 1,510