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43. The one hundred and ninety-five beds in use during 1932 were added to at the end of the year by eighty-four new ones, which will make a total of two hundred and seventy-nine. These eighty-four beds comprise seventy beds (five wards) for general cases and fourteen (one ward) for maternity cases.
44. Actually these numbers are augmented by canvas beds placed in the wards when the pressure of the cases is great.
Inpatients. Total. Western treatment. Chinese treatment. Maternity. 1932 2,690 1,872 588 5,150 1931 2,185 1,345 667 4,197 Outpatients. Western treatment. Chinese treatment. Total. 1932 16,012 46,283 62,295 1931 12,471 45,931 58,402 Major Operations. Under General Anaesthesia. Vaccinations. 1932 1931 1932 1931 159 116 414 27345. Thirteen nurses were about to sit for the Midwives Board Examination after a period of three years training.
46. The number of children admitted continues to increase, and there is now a new Children's Ward of fourteen beds.
47. The number of cases in the private wards which showed a decrease after the fees were raised from $2.50 to $4.00 has given signs of improvement again since the charge was made $3.00 a day, including food and medicine.
48. There is improvement in the health of the general staff, and there are now very few cases of Malaria since prophylactic doses of Quinine were instituted and mosquito nets supplied to the nurses.
49. The deaths in 1932 numbered 1,163. A large proportion of these died within twenty-four hours after admission.