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Annexe G.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS, KENNEDY TOWN.
REPORT BY DR. W. J. WOODMAN, Medical Officer.
Buildings.-No structural alterations were made and the buildings have been maintained in good condition.
Staff.--Dr. C. W. McKenny acted as Medical Officer until October 27th when the hospital was taken over as an auxiliary hospital and Dr. Woodman acted as Medical Officer.
The upper floor of the hospital was used for an overflow hospital for the treatment of Beri-Beri cases which could not be accommodated in the gaol hospital, arrangements having been made for any infectious diseases to be housed in the Tung Wah infectious hospital; this was used on one occasion for three days.
The total number of admissions was 54.
The nationalities of the patients were-English 1, Scotch 1, Chinese 1, Japanese 2, Lascar 4, and Filipinos 45.
There were 17 females and 37 males under treatment.
One death occurred in a Filipino male child from generalised tuberculosis whilst under observation as a cholera contact.
The admissions were for the following causes:--Small-pox 9 (all discrete), Chicken-pox 6, under observation 40.
TUNG WAH SMALL-POX BRANCH HOSPITAL (CHINESE).
REPORT BY DR. C. W. MCKENNY, Medical Officer.
Buildings.-These were well maintained.
Staff-No change in the staff took place.
No patients were in hospital at the beginning or end of the year. Four patients were admitted during the year and of these two died.
All these patients suffered from small-pox.
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Annexe G.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS, KENNEDY TOWN.
REPORT BY DR. W. J. WOODMAN, Medical Officer.
Buildings.-No structural alterations were made and the build- ings have been maintained in good condition.
Staff.--Dr. C. W. McKenny acted as Medical Officer until October 27th when the hospital was taken over as an auxiliary hospital and Dr. Woodman acted as Medical Officer.
The upper floor of the hospital was used for an overflow hospital for the treatment of Beri-Beri cases which could not be accommodated in the gaol hospital, arrangements having been made for any infectious diseases to be housed in the Tung Wah infectious hospital; this was used on one occasion for three days.
The total number of admissions was 54.
The nationalities of the patients were-English 1, Scotch 1, Chinese 1, Japanese 2, Lascar 4, and Filipinos 45.
There were 17 females and 37 males under treatment.
One death occurred in a Filipino male child from generalised tuberculosis whilst under observation as a cholera contact.
The admissions were for the following causes:--Small-pox 9 (all discrete), Chicken-pox 6, under observation 40.
TUNG WAH SMALL-POX BRANCH HOSPITAL (CHINESE).
REPORT BY DR. C. W. MCKENNY, Medical Officer.
Buildings.-These were well maintained.
Staff-No change in the staff took place.
No patients were in hospital at the beginning or end of the year. Four patients were admitted during the year and of these two died.
All these patients suffered from small-pox.
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