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(1) A start was made during 1939 on a costing system for the Government hospitals in order to ascertain the approximate cost of each in-patient and to check waste.
Preliminary figures obtained to date indicate a wide variation and suggest certain channels to eliminate waste.
(A) Queen Mary Hospital.
160. Comparative tables are given to show the increase in the amount of work being carried out at the Queen Mary Hospital where Dr. D. J. Valentine, M.C., acted as medical officer in charge for most of the year.
(i) In-patients—
General
Maternity
Table XIX.
1938 1939
10,117 9,564
702 1,087
Total 10,819 10,649
Daily average
Chinese European
362 451
7,477 7,144
1,219 1,061
Indian 1,260 1,259
Russian 44 29
Other nationalities 177 71
Treated by Government officers 8,677 8,150
(ii) Treated by University staff :-
Medical 562 474
Surgical 450 509
Gynaecological 428 431
(iii) Nationality of maternity cases :-
British 75 62
Chinese 571 963
Indian 41 46
Japanese 2 4
Portuguese
Russian
Other nationalities 8 4
N 1 3
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