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411. Investigations have been carried out on the subjects of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, subepithelial lymphatic glands, and intrahepatic stone formation.
412. Caduceus
413. Some work has been done on a new incision for kidney operations.
The following papers from the Department appeared in 1938 in the
"The Role of the Subepithelial Lymphatic Glands" by K. H. Digby. "A Case of Gout in a Chinese" by C. H. Yeung.
450 cases were treated in the Surgical Wards (Horsley, Hilton and Lister) during the year 1938.
414. 514 operations were performed under general anaesthesia.
415. 3,497 cases were treated in the Out-patients Department.
416. 1,298 cases were treated in the Ear, Nose and Throat Department.
417. 2,784 cases were treated in the Eye Clinic (Out-patients).
418. 85 cases were treated in the Eye Clinic (In-patients).
OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL UNIT.
Report by the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Prof. Gordon King,
F.R.C.S.(Eng.), F.C.O.G., L.R.C.P.(Lond.).
419. The unit was under the acting headship of Dr. P. F. S. Court, F.R.C.S., Ed., M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond., from the beginning of the year until 16th November. On 17th November, Professor Gordon King took over the direction of the department.
420. Gynaecological in-patients are all treated now at the Queen Mary Hospital, where a ward of 21 beds is placed at the disposal of the University. The Tsan Yuk Hospital, with 60 beds, is now devoted exclusively to Obstetrical cases.
421. During the year the following numbers of cases were treated.
Table LVII.
Out-patients department: New cases 2,564 Old cases 3,649 Maternity cases: Tsan Yuk Hospital 2,397 Gynaecological cases:- Queen Mary Hospital (University cases) 428422. There were 109 cases in the maternity wards who showed a temperature of 100.4°F. or over on one or more occasions during the puerperium, in addition to 14 maternal deaths. This gives a maternal morbidity rate of 5.43% and a maternal mortality rate of 0.62% in the year's total of 2,265 deliveries.