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The Kwong Wah Hospital.-The Visiting Medical Officer was Dr. W. B. A. Moore. The Chinese Medical Officers were K. W. Ip, M.B., B.S. and K. K. Wong, M.B., B.S. The latter resigned in April and H. K. Lin, M.B., B.S. was appointed in his place. In November Mrs. Hickling was appointed to assist Dr. Moore as Visiting Medical Officer by taking charge of the maternity ward. During the short time she has been in charge she has effected many improvements. The maternity cases have been moved to another and larger ward, which has been repainted and a new labour ward provided. New hospital clothing has also been provided for these patients. Miss Alice Cheung, the midwife in charge, resigned in November and Miss Sin Chi Cheung was appointed in her stead with Miss Yung Koon To to assist her. Both have been trained at Kuala Lumpur. Three probationer nurses have also been attached to the ward for training in maternity work.
An epitome of the statistics is given here and a list of the diseases treated is summarised in the appendix :-
1923 1922 Cases remaining at the end of last year 218 207 Admissions 6141 4947 Number of males 3704 2988 Number of females 2437 1959 Total number treated 6359 5154 Deaths 1594 1488 Remaining at the end of the year 228 218 17 35 Percentage under Chinese treatment Western 39% 30.9% 61% 69.1% Deaths (Chinese treatment) (75 Moribund) 655 484 Bodies brought to Hospital Mortuary, sent to Public Mortuary 271 } Free burials 939 1004 Number of Out-patients 501 449 Under Chinese treatment 312 419 2561 2385 68179 44881 Western 64.2% 40.2% 35.8% 59.8% Confinements 1076 717 Casualty cases 602 306 Operations under general anaesthesia 192 166