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mortuaries preliminary to burial. There are now better facilities for placing dead bodies on the "Resting Tables" which are provided for that purpose, and it is hoped that this will tend more and more to make the dumping of bodies on the street seem superfluous to the poor, who resort to this practice to avoid funeral expenses.
THE WANCHAI OR EASTERN MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
70.
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 1934 was 31 and the number of admissions was 857. There was one maternal death, and twenty-four 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.