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Mental Hospital.-The Hospital is situated close to the Civil Hospital and is under the direction of the Medical Officer in charge of that hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing fourteen beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion eighteen beds.
293 patients of all races were treated during 1930 and there were eight deaths.
The Infectious Diseases Hospital is situated on the western outskirts of the city—it is used mainly for the treatment of Small-pox. The Hospital contains 26 beds to which seven patients were admitted (40 in 1929).
Victoria Hospital. This hospital is situated on the Peak and consists of a Main Block and a Maternity Block.
There are 42 beds in the main block in which 500 patients were treated, and 32 beds in the Maternity Block in which 82 were treated.
Kowloon Hospital.-Situated on the mainland has 57 beds. 1,694 patients were treated in 1930 as compared with 1,277 in 1929.
TUNG WAH HOSPITAL (Government aided).
Number of beds
460
Number of patients treated in 1930
12,772
Number of patients treated in 1929
12,806
INFECTIOUS DISEASES BRANCH.
Number of beds
63
Number of patients treated in 1930
73
Number of patients treated in 1929
186
KWONG WAH HOSPITAL, KOWLOON, (Government aided).
Number of beds
292
Number of patients treated in 1930
9,777
Number of patients treated in 1929
9,065
TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITAL (Government aided).
Number of beds
120
Number of patients treated in 1930
3,122
Number of patients treated in 1929
223
(Hospital opened November, 1929).
The above Hospitals are under the supervision of a Visiting Medical Officer who is a member of the Government Medical Department.