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VENEREAL CLINICS.
The Venereal Diseases Clinic at the Government Civil Hospital was under Dr. H. A. Fawcett until August when it was taken over by Dr. K. H. Uttley.
The Clinic was only open from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays.
The total number of cases treated was 2,907 - an average attendance of 41.7 on each day.
The total number of new cases was 439 of which: -
184 were Syphilis,
185 were Gonorrhoea,
70 were Chancroid.
The total revisits were 2,499.
A weekly Venereal Clinic was held at the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital. The cases seen totalled 223.
Venereal cases are seen at the Out-patient departments of the various hospitals and at the Dispensaries.
THE CHINESE HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
The Chinese Hospitals (4 in number viz. 3 general and 1 for infectious diseases) are Chinese Institutions whose relation to Government has been established by Ordinance. They are subsidised by Government, are subject to inspection by certain Government Officials and each has a Chinese member of the Medical Department on its Resident Staff.
The authority in administrative control is a Committee of Chinese gentlemen elected each year by the subscribers.
These Hospitals were originally established to give accommodation to those Chinese whose fears and prejudices against Western Medicine prevented their applying for relief at the Government Hospitals. The Tung Wah Hospital situated in Hong Kong was first occupied in 1873. The Kwong Wah Hospital was built in Kowloon in 1911 as an extension of the Tung Wah. The Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, another branch of the Tung Wah situated in the eastern district of Victoria, was opened on November 27th, 1929.
The Government gave the sites free and with grants of money assisted in the erection of the buildings.