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382. The Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital situated at the extreme West end of Victoria was erected in 1902.
383. The Tung Wah Eastern Hospital situated at the extreme East end of Victoria was opened in 1929.
384. The Government gave the sites and with grants of money assisted in the erection of the buildings.
385. The Kwong Wah Hospital situated in the Central district of Kowloon was built in 1911 to meet the needs of those resident in the peninsula. The funds for its erection were raised by public subscription.
386. In administrative control of the four hospitals is the Tung Wah Committee, a body of Chinese gentlemen elected each year by the subscribers.
387. The activities of the Chinese Hospitals include:
(a) The care of the sick and treatment by Western methods or Chinese methods according to the wish of the patients.
(b) Maternity benefits and infant welfare by Western methods only.
(c) Vaccination.
(d) Health propaganda.
(e) Assistance to the destitute.
(f) The provision of coffins for and the burial of the dead.
388. Much progress has been made in all departments of the hospitals during the last few years. These improvements include:
(a) The appointment of University graduates as full-time Resident Medical Officers.
(b) The foundation of training schools for female nurses.
(c) Extensions and improvements in the male nursing section.
(d) The establishment of clinical laboratories.
(e) The provision of radiological apparatus.
(f) The establishment of up-to-date operating theatres.
(g) The purchase of motor ambulances.
(h) Improvements in the accommodation for patients.
(i) Improvements in quarters for the staff.
389. Today each of the three Chinese Hospitals has a good operating theatre where operations are performed daily, many of which are major in character.