Table XXIV.
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE IN THE CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES DURING 1938.
Dispensaries Patients New cases Patients Old cases Certificates of cause of death issued Patients sent to hospital Patients removed to hosp. by ambulance Corpses removed to mortuary Dead infants brought to dispensary Gynaecological cases Vaccinations Central 32,958 28,962 39 1 27 40 14,113 331 557 Eastern 22,176 30,466 4 3 LO 50 13,454 578 988 Western 28,820 13,770 90 9 22 15 419 — 12,555 Shaukiwan 32,309 54,620 19 — 52 1 380 16,081 929 1,699 Aberdeen 11,327 10,407 85 — 5,302 — 358 333 — Harbour & Yaumati 61,428 47,332 31 104 11 170 30,053 1,425 1,835 Shamshuipo 45,417 36,338 13 48 11 27 372 38,015 978 1,660 Hung Hom 17,917 6,975 61 — 145 1 15 245 12,567 451 533 Kowloon City 28,065 22,037 47 — 136 33 — 311 17,065 633 1,035 Total for 1938 275,423 250,907 265 624 49 178 2,242 159,205 5,683 8,640 Total for 1937 264,589 238,527 322 837 66 858 2,067 61,693 5,256 8,370