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special contributions from the Ko Shing, Chung Hing and Kau Fong theatre managements. The balance to the credit of the Hospital's account at the beginning of the Yam Tsz year is $12,191.
The Kwong Wa Hospital at Yaumati was completed in May and opened by His Excellency the Governor on the 9th October. The Managing Body consists of the Tung Wa Hospital Committee and the following local representatives:-Messrs. Chan Pak-pang, Yu Chan-pui, Heung Man, Leung Chik-cho, Tsui Tit-shan, and Fong Kin-cho. Mr. Au Fung-chi was appointed manager.
Dr. Forsyth was appointed Visiting Surgeon to the Hospital. The total expenditure on the building up to the date of opening was $112,000, and though at the beginning of the year theatrical performances at the Tai Ping Theatre realised a sum of $6,595, the total amount of subscriptions fell short of the expenditure by $19,000. A loan of $22,000 was therefore made from the Tung Wa Hospital funds to pay the contractor, and with the co-operation of the Registrar General further contributions were solicited from the Chinese community, and a sum of more than $30,000 was raised.
The estimated annual expenditure of the Kwong Wa Hospital is $25,000, and of this sum about a third is covered by the Government grant of $8,500. This year also the hospital funds have benefited to the amount of $9,800 allotted out of the surplus of the Coronation Celebration subscriptions.
The room originally allotted for the Chinese Dispensary proving inconvenient, and the quarters for the staff insanitary, a new building is in course of construction to meet these requirements.
The tables attached (Tables XV and XVI) show the receipts and expenditure of the new hospital, and the total number of patients treated between the date of opening and the end of the year. The total number of admissions between October 10th and December 31st was 169, of whom 59 came under European treatment; and the number of out-patients was 1,706 of whom 140, or 8.2 per cent., elected to take European treatment.
The total expenditure in the same period amounted to $14,274, and was covered by a grant from the Tung Wa Hospital.
The year under review, it will be seen, was marked by exceptional activity in hospital work-either directly connected with the Tung Wa (the Ko Fong Wards) or under the direction of the Tung Wa Committee (the Kwong Wa and Yaumati Small-pox Hospital). The native community has every reason to congratulate itself on the year's work done by its representative hospital. The weight of responsibility on the Committee can be gauged from the fact that during the year a total sum of $150,000 (exclusive of the ordinary accounts of the Hospital), connected with six different charitable funds, was administered by them,
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special contributions from the Ko Shing, Chung Hing and Kau C Fong theatre managements. The balance to the credit of the Hospital's account at the beginning of the Yam Tsz year is $12,191.
The Kwong Wa Hospital at Yaumati was completed in May and opened by His Excellency the Governor on the 9th October. The Managing Body consists of the Tung Wa Hospital Committee and the following local representatives:-Messrs. Chan Pak-pang, Yu Chan-pui, Heung Man, Leung Chik-cho, Tsui Tit-shan, and Fong Kin-cho. Mr. Au Fung-chi was appointed manager.
Dr. Forsyth was appointed Visiting Surgeon to the Hospital. The total expenditure on the building up to the date of open- ing was $112,000, and though at the beginning of the year theatrical performances at the Tai Ping Theatre realised a sum of $6,595, the total amount of subscriptions fell short of the expenditure by $19,000. A loan of $22,000 was therefore made from the Tung Wa Hospital funds to pay the contractor, and with the co-operation of the Registrar General further contributions were solicited from the Chinese community, and a sum of more than $30,000 was raised.
The estimated annual expenditure of the Kwong Wa Hospital is $25,000, and of this sun about a third is covered by the Government grant of $8,500. This year also the hospital funds have benefited to the amount of $9,800 allotted out of the surplus of the Coronation Celebration subscriptions.
The room originally allotted for the Chinese Dispensary proving inconvenient, and the quarters for the staff insanitary, a new building is in course of construction to meet these require- ments.
The tables attached (Tables XV and XVI) show the receipts and expenditure of the new hospital, and the total number of patients treated between the date of opening and the end of the year. The total number of admissions between October 10th and December 31st was 169, of whom 59 came under European treatment; and the number of out-patients was 1,706 of whom 140, or 8.2 per cent., elected to take European treatment.
The total expenditure in the same period amounted to $14,274, and was covered by a grant from the Tung Wa Hospital.
The year under review, it will be seen, was marked by ex- ceptional activity in hospital work-either directly connected with the Tung Wa (the Ko Fong Wards) or under the direction of the Tung Wa Committee (the Kwong Wa and Yaumati Small- pox Hospital). The native community has every reason to congratulate itself on the year's work done by its representative hospital. The weight of responsibility on the Committee can be gauged from the fact that during the year a total sum of $150,000 (exclusive of the ordinary accounts of the Hospital), connected with six different charitable funds, was adininistered by them,
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