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# SECTION VIII.
## The Chinese Hospitals (Tung Wah Group) and the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
408. The Chinese Hospitals and Chinese Dispensaries are institutions established by the Chinese for the benefit of the poor of Chinese nationality. Intended to be additional to, not in substitution of, the Government Hospitals they serve a very useful purpose not only in the matter of medical relief but in that of health education.
409. An enormous and ever-increasing number of sick too poor to pay a doctor's fee or to buy proper medicine, are successfully reached.
410. There are three general hospitals each with maternity wards attached, one infectious diseases hospital, one maternity hospital and nine public dispensaries.
411. They are maintained by subscriptions from the public, by donations from the Chinese General Charities Fund and by direct grants from Government. They are controlled by Chinese Committees who work in close co-operation with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
412. In the three general hospitals both Western Medicine and Chinese medicine are practised the former by graduates of the Hong Kong University the latter by a staff of local herbalists. The patient when entering is given the choice of treatment.
413. In the Infectious Diseases Hospital any treatment of smallpox cases is carried out by herbalists.
414. Western medicine only is practised in the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
415. Both Hospitals and Dispensaries are subject to inspection by the Government Medical Department. There are four officers of the Department whose duty it is to visit the various institutions and to give advice and assistance. These officers work in close touch with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
## THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
416. The Tung Wah group of hospitals comprising the Tung Wah Hospital, the Tung Wah Infectious Diseases Hospital, the Kwong Wah Hospital and the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital are Chinese institutions whose relation to Government has been established by Ordinance. They are subsidised by Government and are subject to inspection by certain Government officials.