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The Local Passengers carried were as follows:-
1917 1918 1919 Main Line 277,968 296,379 345,314 Fanling Branch 55,211 45,187 48,917VI-GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.
(a.)-HOSPITALS.
Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, and the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accommodating 1,500 persons in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease on board a ship arriving in the Harbour.
The Civil Hospital contains 166 beds in 20 wards. 3,926 in-patients and 22,446 out-patients were treated during 1919 as against 3,677 and 14,480 respectively in 1918. 218 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 211 in 1918 and 361 in 1917. The total cases of malaria for all Government Hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital shows an increase of 246 cases as compared with the year 1918. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 460 confinements occurred during the year as against 377 in 1918. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and during 1919, 206 patients were under treatment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 54 cases were treated in 1919, all being infectious.
(b.)-LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing 8 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 207 patients of all races were treated during 1919 and there were 8 deaths.
(c.)-THE TUNG WA AND OTHER CHINESE HOSPITALS.
The Tung Wa Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $8,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are treated in this institution. Various other services not appertaining to a hospital are performed by the institution, such as the free burial of the poor, the repatriation of destitutes, and the organisation of charitable relief in emergencies. Chinese as well as European methods of treatment are employed in accordance with the wishes expressed by the patients or their friends. About half the number are now treated by Western methods. The hospital is managed by a committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appointment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation. It is under the supervision of a visiting physician, who is a member of...
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The Local Passengers carried were as follows:-
Main Line
Fanling Branch
1917. 1918. 277,968 296,379 345,314 55,211 45,187 48,917
1919.
VI-GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.
(a.)-HOSPITALS.
Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, and the Kennedy Town Infectious Dis- eases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accom- modating 1,500 persons in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease on board a ship arriving in the Harbour.
The Civil Hospital contains 166 beds in 20 wards. 3,926 in- patients and 22,446 out-patients were treated during 1919 as against 3,677 and 14,480 respectively in 1918. 218 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 211 in 1918 and 361 in 1917. The total cases of malaria for all Government Hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital shows an increase of 246 cases as compared with the year 1918. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 460 confinements occurred during the year as against 377 in 1918. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and during 1919, 206 patients were under treat- ment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 54 cases were treated in 1919, all being infectious.
(b.)-LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing 8 beds in separte wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 207 patients of all races were treated during 1919 and there were 8 deaths.
(c.)-THE TUNG WA AND OTHER CHINESE HOSPITALS.
The Tung Wa Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $8,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are treated in this institution. Various other services not appertaining to a hospital are performed by the institution, such as the free burial of the poor, the repatriation of destitutes, and the organisation of charitable relief in emergencies. Chinese as well as European methods of treatment are employed in accordance with the wishes expressed by the patients or their friends. About half the number are now treated by Western methods. The hospital is managed by a committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appoint- ment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation. It is under the supervision of a visiting physician, who is a member of
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