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235. With the approval of Government plans for a new 300-bed infectious diseases hospital to be erected on the Kowloon Medical Centre were drawn up during the year and there is every hope that they will meet with approval in time to enable the buildings to be opened for use in 1941.
5. Social Hygiene Centres.
236. During 1938, work was carried on at the four Government social hygiene centres, and subsidiary clinics were also maintained at Taipo and Un Long for the treatment of these diseases. The attached tables give some idea of the extent to which the public makes use of these facilities.
Table XXI.
NEW CASES TREATED IN 1938.
Chinese European Indian Others Total M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Queen's Road (old Government Civil Hospital) 1,081 544 1 ... 1 ... 1,083 544 Violet Peel Health Centre 1,199 726 266 1 125 5 12 ... 1,602 732 Kowloon Docks (Tsimshatsui) 1,899 473 269 ... 88 ... 32 ... 2,288 473 Kowloon Hospital 368 787 3 2 3 ... ... ... 374 789 Taipo Centre 15 1 ... ... 4 ... ... ... 19 1 Un Long Centre 10 3 ... ... 3 ... ... ... 13 3 Total 4,572 2,534 540 3 223 5 44 ... 5,379 2,542Table XXII.
NUMBER OF ATTENDANCES IN 1938.
Chinese European Indian Others Total M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Queen's Road (old Government Civil Hospital) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,838 2,211 Violet Peel Health Centre 5,371 4,492 1,245 9 1,773 32 86 ... 8,475 4,533 Kowloon Docks (Tsimshatsui) 8,075 2,160 1,244 ... 1,489 4 97 ... 11,405 2,164 Kowloon Hospital 1,758 3,371 72 14 20 3 ... ... 1,850 3,388 Taipo Centre 82 46 ... ... 196 ... 278 46 ... ... Un Long Centre 15 39 ... ... 54 ... 7 ... ... ... Total 20,139 12,287 3,063 23 3,517 39 183 ... 26,902 12,349