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405. The staff consists of a Chinese Medical Officer of the Government Medical Department and three Resident Medical Officers whose salaries are paid by the Hospital. There are in addition a number of Chinese Herbalists who practise Chinese medicine for the benefit of those who prefer that treatment.
406.
1931 1932 Inpatients (General). Western treatment. Chinese treatment. Total. 5,704 5,246 10,950 5,918 5,086 11,004 Inpatients (Maternity). Still-birth. 1,679 83 1,560 70407. There were 701 operations including many major ones.
408.
Outpatients (General). Western treatment. Chinese treatment. Total. 1931 57,068 184,997 242,060 1932 34,095 185,273 219,368409.
Eye Clinic. 1931 14,277 1932 18,022410.
Baby Clinic. 1931 1,103 1932 1,486411.
Deaths. Brought in dead. 1931 1,618 1932 1,013 2,314 1,869412. A great many patients come to the Tung Wah Hospital from outside the Colony attracted by its reputation and by its charity.
413. A large proportion of the deaths in the Hospital occur within 24 hours of admission. The sick poor go there to die. 649 were brought in moribund as compared to 388 in 1931. Those brought in dead include bodies sent from ships in harbour, from neighbouring hospitals, from the Public Dispensaries and from private houses. All are taken to the Tung Wah for the benefit of free coffining and free burial.