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47. Major Operations under General Anaesthesia.
1933 1934
48. Out-patients.
Western treatment. Chinese treatment. Total. 1933 22,211 52,005 74,216 1934 22,117 58,954 81,07149. Vaccinations.
1933 1934
443 854
50. Two wards are set aside (one male and one female) for patients who are able to make some payment but 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.
51. Deaths in 1934 numbered 1,350. A large proportion of these died within 24 hours of admission. 667 corpses were brought in for free burial.
52. During the year 413 males were admitted to the special ward for the treatment of Opium Addicts. The average stay in hospital was nine days and the results of the treatment were:
Relieved Improved Unchanged 285 cases. 41 8737
The cost of this treatment is defrayed by the Government.
53. The first batch of Tung Wah Eastern Hospital nurses sat for the Preliminary Examination of the Nurses Board in May, 1934. Sixteen candidates sat, three passed, six failed in one subject and seven failed in both. In December six candidates took the examination again and all passed.
THE TUNG WAH SMALLPOX HOSPITAL.
54. 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. 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.