TUNG WA HOSPITAL AND MAN MO TEMPLE.
Ordinances No. 1 of 1870, No. 9 of 1904 and No. 10 of 1908.
(Tables VII to XI)
41. The following is a list of the Directors for 1924 :—
Ma Chi-lung,
Kwan Yik-chi,
Yik Kei-chau,
Au Long-hin, Tang Shiu-kin, Leung Ki-ho,
Lai Man-wai,
Tong Hok-ting,
Uen Man-chun,
Chan Sui-ki,
Lau Yuk-wan,
Ho Tat-sang, Wong Tsui-chui,
Lam Lai-tin.
The following gentlemen were elected to form the Committee for 1925:-
Ma Tsui-chiu,
Mok Ching-kong,
Kong Siu-lui,
Fung Siu-wai,
Su Shau-nam, Ng Fan-hiu,
Kung Yeuk-man,
Tse Yat-cho, Chau Tsun-nin, Ng Tsang-luk, Chan Siu-hing, Choa Po-iu,
Chu Chik-man,
Chan Fun-tin.
42. The year's work (1924) was carried out with the usual efficiency and care. The chief event calling for special effort on part of the Committee was the disastrous outbreak of floods in Kwong Tung. The appeal for help was urgent, and as usual met with generous response from the Chinese of this Colony as well as elsewhere. Over $400,000 was raised by Chinese subscription, and $50,000 was granted by the Hongkong Government. $97,255 was spent on measures of immediate relief, and $246,126 was allocated to the winter repair to embankments which always form so costly a part of relief work after exceptionally severe floods. In addition certain sums were voted from the Tung Wa Hospital Fund to the assistance of flood relief in Fukien Province and in North China.
43. The total number of in-patients admitted during 1924 was 9,149 as compared with 10,142 in 1923 and 8,079 in 1922. Of these 4,871 or 52% as against 51% in 1923 elected to be treated by European methods.
The out-patients numbered 197,736 as against 166,422 in 1923 and 166,002 in 1922, and of these 48,140 or 24% as against 25% in 1923, chose European treatment.