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Yaumati Dispensary. During the year the maintenance of the Dispensaries—Victoria, Harbour and Shaukiwan—cost $27,577 as against $28,230 for the previous year.
58. The revenue of the Dispensaries excluding the balance of $24,300 from 1914 amounted to $37,177 as against $35,103 in 1914 and thus exceeded the expenditure by some $1,600.
This total included a sum of $4,154 which was handed to the Dispensaries by the four hospitals as a share of the proceeds of the theatrical performance alluded to under the Tung Wa and Kwong Wa Reports. In view of the heavy expenditure on the Amalgamated Harbour and Yaumati Dispensary, and on the Sham Shui Po New Dispensary which was opened on February 1st, the financial position is most satisfactory.
59. On 26th January, 1916, the scheme mentioned in last year's report of combining the old Harbour and Yaumati Public Dispensaries in one building came to fruition with the formal opening by His Excellency the Governor of the new dispensary on the water front at Yaumati.
60. The building was erected at a cost of $6,300 which was mostly raised by private subscription including donations of $500 each from the Tin Hau Temple funds, Messrs. Lau Chü-pak, Ho Fook, Ho Kam-tong, Chan Kai-ming, Chan Cheuk-hing, Li Yan-tsun and one other; other subscriptions were raised by the efforts of Mr. Li Fung-shan.
61. The number of dead and dying infants brought to the Dispensaries was 1,372 as compared with 1,243 in 1914.
62. The number of infants under five years brought in to be treated shows a large increase, 12,075 being treated as against 9,068 in 1914, which was a record year. When it is taken into account that there was extremely little plague during the year, the increase must be explained by the fact that the Chinese are beginning to recognise the useful work done by the Dispensaries, and the figures show that the hopes of the promoters of the Dispensaries scheme were justified.
63. 1,074 corpses were removed to hospital or mortuary as against 1,569 in 1914. 519 (as against 898) applications were received for coffins and on 212 occasions (as against 1,563 in 1914) was attendance necessary at the cleansing of infected premises. The decrease in the figures is to be explained by the smaller number of plague cases during the year.
64. The Plague Hospital at East Point and the Western District Hospital reported no plague cases while at Kowloon City 4 cases only were admitted. Three ordinary cases were admitted to the Eastern District Hospital and none to the other two.
65. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 467
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Yaumati Dispensary. During the year the maintenance of the Dis- pensaries-Victoria, Harbour and Shaukiwan--cost $27,577 as against $28,230 for the previous year.
58. The revenue of the Dispensaries excluding the balance of $24,300 from 1914 amounted to $37,177 as against $35,103 in 1914 and thus exceeded the expenditure by some $1,600.
This total included a sum of $4.154 which was handed to the Dispensaries by the four hospitals as a share of the proceeds of the theatrical performance alluded to under the Tung Wa and Kwong Wa Reports. In view of the heavy expenditure on the Amalgamated Harbour and Yaumati Dispensary, and on the Sham Shui Po New Dispensary which was opened on February 1st, the financial posi- tion is most satisfactory.
59. On 26th January, 1916, the scheme mentioned in last year's report of combining the old Harbour and Yaumati Public Dispensaries in one building came to fruition with the formal opening by His Excellency the Governor of the new dispensary on the water front at Yaumati.
60. The building was erected at a cost of $6,300 which was mostly raised by private subscription including donations of $500 each from the Tin Hau Temple funds, Messrs. Lau Chü-pak, Ho Fook, Ho Kam-tong, Chan Kai-ming, Chan Cheuk-hing, Li Yan- tsun and one other; other subscriptions were raised by the efforts of Mr. Li Fung-shan.
61. The number of dead and dying infants brought to the Dis- pensaries was 1,372 as compared with 1,243 in 1914.
62. The number of infants under five years brought in to be treated shows a large increase, 12,075 being treated as against 9,068 in 1914, which was a record year. When it is taken into account that there was extremely little plague during the year, the increase must be explained by the fact that the Chinese are beginning to recognise the useful work done by the Dispensaries, and the figures show that the hopes of the promoters of the Dispensaries scheme were justi- fied.
63. 1,074 corpses were removed to hospital or mortuary as against 1,569 in 1914. 519 (as against 898) applications were received for coffins and on 212 occasions (as against 1,563 in 1914) was attendance necessary at the cleansing of infected premises. The decrease in the figures is to be explained by the smaller number of plague cases during the year.
64. The Plague Hospital at East Point and the Western District Hospital reported no plague cases while at Kowloon City 4 cases only were admitted. Three ordinary cases were admitted to the Eastern District Hospital and none to the other two.
65. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 467
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