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425. Two wards have been set aside (one male and one female) for patients who are able to make some payment but who cannot afford a private room. The charge in these wards is $1.40 per day including food and medicine. Each patient can, if he desires, bring in an attendant to help in looking after him. There are 14 beds in the Male ward and 8 in the Female.
426. There are a number of small private wards where the inclusive fee per day is $3.00. The wards are popular.
427. A ward of 12 beds for the treatment of opium addicts has been set aside since June. These patients are mostly business men who find they cannot afford the luxury of opium in these days of depression. They appear to be earnest in their desire to rid themselves of their handicap. The course of treatment is usually complete within three weeks. The cost is defrayed by Government. So far 177 cases have undergone the course.
428. Deaths in 1933 numbered 1,166. A large proportion of these died within 24 hours of admission.
429. The improvement in the health of the general staff continues and there were no cases of malaria. The nurses are supplied with mosquito nets and take prophylactic doses of quinine.
The Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital.
430. The Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital, erected in 1902 for the herbal treatment of smallpox cases, consists of six wards arranged in three two-storied blocks and faced by another group of three two-storied blocks intended for staff quarters and for administration purposes.
431. At a distance and separated by a yard are the kitchens, the servants' quarters and the mortuary. The whole is contained in a large compound.
All the blocks are connected by covered ways.
432. This hospital at the time of its construction was considered to have all the requirements necessary for the proper treatment of smallpox cases by Chinese methods.
433. There was room for 60 cases without overcrowding but there was no arrangement for heating the wards and no water carriage system.
434. 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.