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As shown per month:-
1927
Patients. Dressings. January 249 86 February 245 110 March 394 169 April 390 147 May 401 158 June 580 209 July 610 142 August 717 115 September 725 216 October 977 289 November 933 259 December 697 229 TOTAL 6,918 2,129These figures show a steady monthly increase and suggest that the Out-patient Department is likely to assume very large proportions in the future.
GOVERNMENT DISPENSARY, KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION.
Dr. Dovey was in charge. The attendances, consisting of Government servants and their families, amounted to 2,925 as compared with 595 for the last three months of 1926. The Government servants attended for treatment as follows:-
Kowloon Canton Railway 1,202 Police 980 Others 279 Families of above 464 TOTAL 2,9251,363 prescriptions were dispensed. 8 patients were treated with Anti-Rabic vaccine. 206 applicants for posts attended for physical examination.
THE NEW TERRITORIES.
All Police Stations were visited during the year. There was a great reduction in the number of cases of Malaria, 428 as compared with 877 last year, the most striking example being Tai Po with 82 cases, last year's figure being 219. A table is appended showing complete figures. Two epidemics of an acute enteritis, one at Ping Shan and the other at Au Tau