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Annexe G.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS, KENNEDY TOWN.
made.
REPORT BY DR. C. W. MCKENNY, Medical Officer.
Buildings. No structural additions or changes have been made.
Staff—Wardmaster Kong Yee resigned. Wardmaster Tong Chung was appointed.
The hospital was open during the year as follows:
From January 1st to April 12th.
December 24th to December 31st.
Thirteen patients were carried over from 1916. Twenty-three new patients were admitted during the year. Of the total (36), 31 patients were suffering from small-pox, two from chicken-pox, two were in attendance, and one was under observation but proved not to be small-pox.
The patients were classified as follows:-
European, ... ... ... ... Japanese, ... ... ... ... Eurasian, ... ... ... ... Indian, ... ... ... 1 Chinese, 22 + 5 ... ... 5 ... ... 3Four deaths occurred which gives a death-rate of 12.9% among the 31 cases of small-pox treated. Three of these patients were suffering from the confluent and one from the hæmorrhagic type of the disease.
The following Table shows the relationship between vaccination and the virulence of small-pox.
Rash. Result. Patient. Confluent. Discrete. Hæmorrhagic. Cured. Died. Unvaccinated, ... 7 1 ... 1 ... ... Vaccinated in childhood, ... 9 ... 10 ... 9 ... Multiple vaccinations, .. 1 ... 30 ... ... ...M 17
Annexe G.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS, KENNEDY TOWN.
made.
REPORT BY DR. C. W. MCKENNY, Medical Officer.
Buildings. No structural additions or changes have been
—
Staff-Wardmaster Kong Yee resigned.
Chung was appointed.
Wardmaster Tong
The hospital was open during the year as follows:
From January 1st to April 12th.
22
December 24th to December 31st.
Thirteen patients were carried over from 1916.
Twenty-three new patients were admitted during the year. Of the total (36), 31 patients were suffering from small-pox, two from chicken-pox, two were in attendance, and one was under observation but proved not to be small-pox.
The patients were classified as follows:-
European,
Japanese,
Eurasian,
Indian,...
Chinese,
...
•
22
+
-
5
...
5
...
3
+
...
1
Four deaths occurred which gives a death-rate of 12.9% among the 31 cases of small-pox treated. Three of these patients were suffering from the confluent and one from the hæmorrhagic type of the disease.
The following Table shows the relationship between vaccination and the virulence of small-pos.
Rash.
Result.
Patient.
Con- fluent.
Discrete.
Hæmor- rhagic.
Cured. Died.
Unvaccinated,
Vaccinated in childhood,.
7
-1
1
CC
9
10
Multiple vaccinations,..
1
30
9
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