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Taipo Dispensary.
551. The Taipo Dispensary occupies the ground floor of a shop house on the main road of the village, the upper floors serving as quarters for the medical officer and the midwife. The premises have ceased to be suitable for the purpose for which they are being used.
532. Dr. A. D. Wong relieved Dr. C. H. Luk as Chinese Medical Officer. In addition to running the dispensaries in this village and at Un Long, Dr. Wong has been on duty with the travelling dispensary on three days each week.
533. Arrangements were made for the Government midwife to do duty at the dispensary as nurse in addition to her other duties.
534. The following table shows the extent of the work done during the year:
New cases 3,390 of which 1,550 were females. Old cases 4,668 Vaccination 1,345 Anti-cholera inoculation 167 Midwifery cases 81535. There is great need for more appropriate and more extensive premises.
Un Long Dispensary.
536. Like that at Taipo, this dispensary occupies the ground floor of a shop type building, the upper floors being used as quarters for the dresser and midwife.
537. There was no resident medical officer to this institution, the M.O. from Taipo visiting three times a week. Arrangements have been made to station a full-time Chinese Medical Officer here in the coming year. As in Taipo, the midwife acts as nurse attendant in addition to her duties as a midwife.
538. The work done by this dispensary is as follows:
New cases 3,364 Old cases 3,657 Vaccination cases 971 Midwifery cases 82539. The need for more spacious dispensary premises at Un Long has long been apparent. During the year, the elders of the villages in the neighbourhood asked the Government to take...