quietly and successfully. Beyond Hospital work proper, the activities of the Committee covered the extension of the Mortuary at Sandy Bay, and a proposal to erect a resting place for funeral processions on the Jubilee Road.
The balance sheet for the year (i.e., the Ting Tsz Chinese year extending from January 23rd, 1917, to February 10th, 1918, a total of 384 days) shows a credit balance of $49,131.
43. The expenditure was $102,528 as compared with $148,652 in 1916 and $89,808 in 1915: but, as explained in last year's report, the 1916 figure includes an item of $50,000 for purchase of War Loan stock. The daily average of expenditure during the year under report was thus $270.64 as against $277.89 in 1916. The total income was $116,033 (as against $101,634 in 1916), making the surplus on the year's working $13,505. The Hospital holds $50,000 in Hongkong 6% War Loan Bonds.
44. The following items on the receipt side show increases:—
Rent of Hospital property, $6,300 Interest (2 items), 5,000 Sale of refuse, etc., 3,100which with the donations from tenants of Hospital property totalling $2,400 more than offset the slight fall in subscriptions and the drop in some other items.
45. On the expenditure side, the items for light, passage money, repairs to Hospital property, insurance, and sundries show decreases. Work on the Mortuary having been completed during last year, the item for its construction and repair drops from $2,199 to $315, and the influence of the smallpox epidemic is seen in the rise of the Smallpox Hospital expenses from $2,720 to $3,215.
46. The total number of in-patients admitted during 1917 was 5,089 as compared with 5,248 in 1916, and 4,557 in 1915. Of these, 1,958 or 38.47% (as against 39.37% in the previous year) elected to be treated by European methods. The out-patients numbered 133,884 as against 133,022 in 1916 (116,885 in 1915) and of these 16,913 or 12.6% (as against 13.5% in 1916) chose European treatment.
47. The number of surgical operations performed was 238 as compared with 244 in 1916. There were also 124 Eye Operations performed as against 123 in 1916.
48. The number of destitutes temporarily housed and then sent to their homes was 1,115 (745 in 1916), most of whom were sent to the Hospital from this office.
49. Of the charitable funds managed by the Hospital, the Emergency Fund (Table X) does not call for comment. The Man Mo Temple fund shows an excess of expenditure over receipts of $1,100. The revenue from all sources except deposits...
quietly and successfully. Beyond Hospital work proper, the activi- ties of the Committee covered the extension of the Mortuary at Sandy Bay, and a proposal to erect a resting place for funeral processions on the Jubilee Road.
The balance sheet for the year (i.e., the Ting Tsz Chinese year extending from January 23rd, 1917, to February 10th, 1918, a total of 384 days) shows a credit balance of $49,131.
43. The expenditure was $102,528 as compared with $148,652 in 1916 and $89,808 in 1915: but, as explained in last year's report, the 1916 figure includes an item of $50,000 for purchase of War Loan stock. The daily average of expenditure during the year under report was thus $270.64 as against $277.89 in 1916. The total income was $116,033 (as against $101,634 in 1916). making the surplus on the year's working $13,505. The Hospital holds $50,000 in Hongkong 6% War Loan Bonds.
44. The following items on the receipt side show increases:—
Rent of Hospital property,
Interest (2 items),
Sale of refuse, etc., ...
...$6,300 5,000
3,100
which with the donations from tenants of Hospital property totalling $2,400 more than offset the slight fall in subscriptions and the drop in some other items.
45. On the expenditure side, the items for light, passage money, repairs to Hospital property, insurance, and sundries show decreases. Work on the Mortuary having been completed during last year, the item for its construction and repair drops from $2,199 to $315, and the influence of the smallpox epidemic is seen in the rise of the Smallpox Hospital expenses from $2,720 to $3,215.
46. The total number of in-patients admitted during 1917 was 5,089 as compared with 5,248 in 1916, and 4,557 in 1915. Of these, 1,958 or 38-47% (as against 39-37% in the previous year) elected to be treated by European methods. The out-patients numbered 133,884 as against 133,022 in 1916 (116,885 in 1915) and of these 16,913 or 12-6% (as against 13-5% in 1916) chose European treatinent.
47. The number of surgical operations performed was 238 us compared with 244 in 1916. There were also 124 Eye Operations performed as against 123 in 1916.
48. The number of destitutes temporarily housed and then sent to their homes was 1,115 (745 in 1916), most of whom were sent to the Hospital from this office.
49. Of the charitable funds managed by the Hospital, the Emergency Fund (Table X) does not call for comment. The Man Mo Temple fund shows an excess of expenditure over receipts of $1,100. The revenue from all sources except deposits
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