AnnualReport-1909 — Page 41

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The new dispensary at West Point which is attached to the West Point District Plague Hospital was occupied on the 1st September. Additions to accommodate the ambulance coolies and house the ambulance and dead-vans, are in contemplation.

The total number of new cases attended by the dispensary doctors was 30,782, as compared with 24,353 in 1908: the number of certificates of nature of disease issued was 21 compared with 33: the number of moribund infants brought to the dispensaries was 316 compared with 228, and of dead bodies of infants 873 compared with 559. The number of vaccinations performed was 2,148: of these 1,851 were vaccinations of infants.

In 1908 I received a promise from some Chinese gentlemen interested in the dispensaries to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary in Victoria was built. This promise has now been fulfilled and the sum of $3,400 has been received from ten subscribers. Their generosity and that of Mr. Ho Kom-tong who erected the building are commemorated by a suitable inscription.

The expenditure of the dispensaries was:-

Victoria (including Harbour) $19,737 Hunghom $4,134 Yaumati $6,738 Kowloon City $3,361

Thanks to subscriptions of $6,825 from the Chinese theatres, to a special donation of $4,000 from a temporary theatre at which performances were held during the first three months of the year and to the $3,400 subscribed to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary is built, the Victoria Dispensaries close the year with a credit balance of $8,000, and it appears as if they should have no difficulty in future in meeting their ordinary expenditure. The financial position of the other dispensaries with the exception of the one at Yaumati does not call for comment. The expenditure in the last named for the year was $6,738 including $626 in repayment of loans, but the subscriptions for the year only amounted to $5,862.

Tables XVII and XVIII supply all the information required to judge of the progress being made in the campaign against the abandoning of bodies in the street. The state of affairs compared with that which existed a very short time ago is one which justifies me in congratulating the leaders of the Chinese Community on the success of their efforts. That there still remains much to be done is obvious; it is only in Victoria that the number of bodies abandoned during the second half year is less than the number for the first six months. There, out of a total of 111 bodies abandoned, only 42 belong to the last six months. Of the whole number of abandoned bodies—381, 66 were bodies of infants brought to the dispensary and alleged to have been found in the street. Very possibly a number of these were brought from the houses where the infants died, but the parents were afraid to give the address. In connection with the abandoning of infants' bodies, it is satisfactory to note that 5,704 children under 5 years of age were treated at the dispensaries as compared with 2,721 in 1907.

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C9 The new dispensary at West Point which is attached to the West Point District Plague Hospital was occupied on the 1st September. Additions to accommodate the ambulance coolies and house the ambulance and dead-vans, are in contemplation. The total number of new cases attended by the dispensary doctors was 30,782, as compared with 24,353 in 1908: the number of certificates of nature of disease issued was 21 compared with 33: the number of moribund infants brought to the dispensaries was 316 compared with 228, and of dead bodies of infants 873 compared with 559. The number of vaccinations performed was 2,148: of these 1,851 were vaccinations of infants. In 1908 I received a promise from some Chinese gentlemen interested in the dispensaries to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary in Victoria was built. This promise has now been fulfilled and the sum of $3,400 has been received from ten subscribers. Their generosity and that of Mr. Ho Kom-tong who erected the building are commemorated by a suitable inscription. The expenditure of the dispensaries was:- Victoria (including Harbour) $19,737 Hunghom $4,134 Yaumati $6,738 Kowloon City $3,361 Thanks to subscriptions of $6,825 from the Chinese theatres, to a special donation of $4,000 from a temporary theatre at which performances were held during the first three months of the year and to the $3,400 subscribed to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary is built, the Victoria Dispensaries close the year with a credit balance of $8,000, and it appears as if they should have no difficulty in future in meeting their ordinary expenditure. The financial position of the other dispensaries with the exception of the one at Yaumati does not call for comment. The expenditure in the last named for the year was $6,738 including $626 in repayment of loans, but the subscriptions for the year only amounted to $5,862. Tables XVII and XVIII supply all the information required to judge of the progress being made in the campaign against the abandoning of bodies in the street. The state of affairs compared with that which existed a very short time ago is one which justifies me in congratulating the leaders of the Chinese Community on the success of their efforts. That there still remains much to be done is obvious; it is only in Victoria that the number of bodies abandoned during the second half year is less than the number for the first six months. There, out of a total of 111 bodies abandoned, only 42 belong to the last six months. Of the whole number of abandoned bodies—381, 66 were bodies of infants brought to the dispensary and alleged to have been found in the street. Very possibly a number of these were brought from the houses where the infants died, but the parents were afraid to give the address. In connection with the abandoning of infants' bodies, it is satisfactory to note that 5,704 children under 5 years of age were treated at the dispensaries as compared with 2,721 in 1907. ! 1

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C9 The new dispensary at West Point which is attached to the West Point District Plague IIospital was occupied on the 1st Septem- ber. Additions to accommodate the ambulance coolies and house the ambulance and dead-vans, are in contemplation. The total number of new cases attended by the dispensary doctors was 30,782, as compared with 24,353 in 1908: the number of certificates of nature of disease issued was 21 compared with 33: the number of moribund infants brought to the dispensaries was 316 compared with 228, and of dead bodies of infants 873 compared with 559. The number of vaccinations performed was 2,148: of these 1,851 were vaccinations of infants. In 1908 I received a promise from some Chinese gentlemen interested in the dispensaries to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary in Victoria was built. This promise has now been fulfilled and the sum of 3.400 has been received from ten sub- scribers. Their generosity and that of Mr. Ho Kom-tong who erected the building are commemorated by a suitable inscription. The expenditure of the dispensaries was:- Victoria (including Harbour) Hunghom Yaumati Kowloon City $19,737 4,134 6,738 3,361 Thanks to subscriptions of $6,825 from the Chinese theatres, to a special donation of 4,000 from a temporary theatre at which per- formances were held during the first three months of the year and to the $3,400 subscribed to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary is built, the Victoria Dispensaries close the year with a credit balance of $8,000, and it appears as if they should have no difficulty in future in meeting their ordinary expenditure. The financial position of the other dispensaries with the exception of the one at Yaumati does not call for comment. The expenditure in the last named for the year was $6,738 including $626 in repayment of loans, but the subscriptions for the year only amounted to $5,862. Tables XVII and XVIII supply all the information required to judge of the progress being made in the campaign against the aban- doning of bodies in the street. The state of affairs compared with that which existed a very short time ago is one which justifies me in congratulating the leaders of the Chinese Community on the success of their efforts. That there still remains much to be done is obvious; it is only in Victoria that the number of bodies abandoned during the second half year is less than the number for the first six months. There, out of a total of 111 bodies abandoned, only 42 belong to the last six months. Of the whole number of abandoned bodies--381, 66 were bodies of infants brought to the dispensary and alleged to have been found in the street. Very possibly a number of these were brought from the houses where the infants died, but the parents were afraid to give the address. In connection with the abandoning of infants' bodies, it is satisfactory to note that 5,704 children under 5 years of age were treated at the dispensaries as compared with 2,721 in 1907. ! 1

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The new dispensary at West Point which is attached to the West Point District Plague IIospital was occupied on the 1st Septem- ber. Additions to accommodate the ambulance coolies and house the ambulance and dead-vans, are in contemplation.

In 1908 I received a promise from some Chinese gentlemen interested in the dispensaries to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary in Victoria was built. This promise has now been fulfilled and the sum of 3.400 has been received from ten sub- scribers. Their generosity and that of Mr. Ho Kom-tong who erected the building are commemorated by a suitable inscription.

The expenditure of the dispensaries was:-

Victoria (including Harbour)

Hunghom

Yaumati

Kowloon City

$19,737

4,134

6,738

3,361

Thanks to subscriptions of $6,825 from the Chinese theatres, to a special donation of 4,000 from a temporary theatre at which per- formances were held during the first three months of the year and to the $3,400 subscribed to defray the cost of the land on which the Central Dispensary is built, the Victoria Dispensaries close the year with a credit balance of $8,000, and it appears as if they should have no difficulty in future in meeting their ordinary expenditure. The financial position of the other dispensaries with the exception of the one at Yaumati does not call for comment. The expenditure in the last named for the year was $6,738 including $626 in repayment of loans, but the subscriptions for the year only amounted to $5,862.

Tables XVII and XVIII supply all the information required to judge of the progress being made in the campaign against the aban- doning of bodies in the street. The state of affairs compared with that which existed a very short time ago is one which justifies me in congratulating the leaders of the Chinese Community on the success of their efforts. That there still remains much to be done is obvious; it is only in Victoria that the number of bodies abandoned during the second half year is less than the number for the first six months. There, out of a total of 111 bodies abandoned, only 42 belong to the last six months. Of the whole number of abandoned bodies--381, 66 were bodies of infants brought to the dispensary and alleged to have been found in the street. Very possibly a number of these were brought from the houses where the infants died, but the parents were afraid to give the address. In connection with the abandoning of infants' bodies, it is satisfactory to note that 5,704 children under 5 years of age were treated at the dispensaries as compared with 2,721 in 1907.

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