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THE GOVERNMENT INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
387. This was originally a Police Station but was adapted as a hospital and has accommodation for 26 beds in six wards. The hospital is situated very close to the extreme western end of the Island and next door to the Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital. It is admirably situated for its purpose being more or less isolated yet convenient for access by ambulance, by bus, or by launch.
388. During the year the hospital was under the charge of Dr. G. V. A. Griffith who supervised the work there in addition to his other duties.
389. During the year there were 281 admissions and 135 deaths. The following table shows the nature of the diseases and the cause of death.
Diseases Admission Death Death Rate Cerebro-spinal meningitis 61 26 42.6 per cent Cholera 200 103 51.5 Smallpox 6 2 33.3 Leprosy ... ... ... Dysentery 6 3 33.3 ... 1 ... ...During the cholera outbreak the hospital which is normally without any resident medical officer had resident one full time and one part time Chinese Medical Officers.
THE CHINESE HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
390. The Chinese Hospitals and Chinese Dispensaries are institutions established by the Chinese for the benefit of the poor of Chinese nationality. Intended to be additional to, not in substitution of, the Government Hospitals they serve a very useful purpose not only in the matter of medical relief but in that of health education.
391. An enormous and ever-increasing number of sick too poor to pay a doctor's fee or to buy proper medicine, and unwilling or unable for one reason or another to attend at a Government Hospital, are successfully reached.