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The Wanchai or Eastern Maternity Hospital.
71. This Hospital, which is connected with the Eastern Dispensary, is in the charge of a Western-trained Chinese doctor. The total number of beds in 1933 was 31 and the number of admissions was 903. There were no maternal deaths, but there were 34 still-births. Since this Hospital was entirely renovated in 1931 it has maintained a high standard of efficiency and has done remarkably good work in a very crowded district.
The Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital.
72. 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. 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.
73. The total number of beds is 60, of which 45 are reserved for maternity cases and 15 for gynaecological patients.
74. The total number of deliveries was 1,169 (1,252 in 1932) out of a total of 1,282 cases treated. There were five maternal deaths and 52 children were still born.
75. The total number of gynaecological cases treated was 228.
76. There is an out-patient department the clinical work of 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.