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490. 5 male prisoners were released on medical grounds, all of whom were lepers, one female prisoner was released on account of pernicious anaemia.
REMAND HOME FOR JUVENILES.
491. The Belilios Reformatory, which for many years had been used for other purposes, was on the 20th November, 1933, re-occupied as a Remand Home for Juveniles.
492. There were 34 boys remaining in the home at the end of 1935 and 1,381 were admitted during the year, making a total of 1,415, of whom 43 remained at the end of 1936.
493. The Prison Medical Officer visits the home weekly and at other times, if required.
494. The general standard of health of the inmates was good. 421 boys were vaccinated on admission. Cases of minor injury and sickness were treated in the Home and 26 cases were sent to the Government Civil Hospital. Scabies, 87 cases, was the commonest ailment treated. The majority of the remaining cases were minor injuries and septic skin infections.
Prison. Total Prisoners Admitted. Daily Average No. of inmates. Total admissions to Hospitals. Daily Average No. of Prisoners to Hospital. Total Outpatients, Daily Average number of Outpatients. Deaths due to disease. deaths to total admissions to Prison. Death rate i.e. % of Victoria (Male) 18,291 1,127 1,441 23.95 21,741 72.54 25 0.188 Lai Chi Kok (Male) 600 712 10.05 4,945 13.51 1 0.0076 Lai Chi Kok (Female). 2,815 190 305 6.24 2,198 6.00495. All male prisoners are admitted to Victoria Gaol in the first instance and no prisoner is transferred to Lai Chi Kok unless he is passed medically fit.
496. Serious cases from Lai Chi Kok are transferred to the Victoria Gaol Hospital for treatment.