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444. The staff consists of a Chinese coolie as a caretaker and an amah. There is no resident doctor and no clerk and there are neither dressers nor nurses.
445. A herbalist from the Tung Wah visits daily and prescribes infusions but there is no attempt at nursing. Certain hospital clothing is provided but the patients as often as not wear their own clothes.
446. This being considered a herbalist hospital it is seldom visited by any of the Western-trained Tung Wah staff, and for all practical purposes it is controlled by the caretaker and the herbalist. There being no trained staff resident and the control being such as it is there must be grave doubts regarding the efficiency of the disinfection processes and the means taken to prevent dissemination of disease by patients, contacts and fomites.
447. 76 cases of smallpox were admitted during the year and one case remained from 1931, making a total of 77 cases. There were 44 deaths giving a case death rate of 57 per cent.
448. During the months of August and September this hospital was lent to the Government Medical Department for the accommodation of cholera cases.
THE TSAN YUK MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
449. The Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital, which is part of the organisation financed and managed by the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee, is situated in the most populous district of the town and next door to the Western Dispensary. Its proximity to the University of Hong Kong has made it a convenient centre for the training of Medical Students.
450. By an arrangement with the Committee the whole of the in-patient work is supervised by Dr. R. E. Tottenham, Professor of Obstetrics to the University.
451. The total number of beds is 60 of which 47 are reserved for maternity cases and 13 for gynaecological patients.
452. The total number of deliveries was 1,252 (1,248 in 1931) out of a total of 1,328 cases treated. There were 5 maternal deaths and 59 children were still born.
453. There is an out-patient department the clinical work in which is carried out under the supervision of Lady Medical Officers of the Government Medical Department. In addition to the treatment of ordinary gynaecological cases, special clinics are held for ante-natal infant welfare and venereal diseases. These clinics have already been described.