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Non-Government Organisations engaged in
Public Health Works.
36. In addition to the Government organisation there are in the Colony a number of Benevolent Societies and Associations whose activities in the cause of public health are of great benefit to the community. The chief among these are:-the Tung Wah Hospital Charity, the Chinese Public Dispensaries, the various Missionary Societies, the Society for the Protection of Children, the St. John Ambulance Association, the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A.
37. A description of the Tung Wah Hospital and the Chinese Public Dispensaries will be found in the body of the report.
38. The St. John Ambulance Association teaches first aid and home nursing and issues certificates after examination to successful candidates. Many hundreds of certificates have been issued. Under the aegis of the Association a number of centres have been established in the New Territories, staffed by full time Nurse-Midwives. These include a hospital at Cheung Chau, three small maternity Hospitals with Dispensaries attached and six separate Dispensaries.
39. The St. John Ambulance Brigade which is distinct from the Association is a body which practices in the field the theory taught by the latter. The Brigade which holds a strong position in the Colony does excellent work both in the training of personnel and in the performance of first aid duties. The Brigade renders valuable assistance to the Government especially with regard to vaccination and propaganda.
Medical Education.
40. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong provides a six years' course in premedical and medical sciences, leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery which are awarded on examination. The clinical teaching is carried out at the Government Civil Hospital and Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital. In the former institution 123 beds are allotted to the University, the Professors of Medicine and Surgery have 48 beds each, and the Professor of Obstetrics has 19 for Maternity and 8 for Gynaecological cases. In addition the Professor of Obstetrics has all the patients at the Tsan Yuk Hospital under his care, which gives him a total of 65 beds for Maternity and 22 for Gynaecological patients. The three Professors working at the Civil Hospital are Consultants to the Government and have been appointed respectively Physician, Surgeon and Obstetric Physician to the Hospital. In addition to the professors several officers of the Government Medical Service hold teaching appointments on the Staff of the University. The degrees of the Medical Faculty are recognised by the General Medical Council for registration in Great Britain.