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The Civil Hospital contains 168 beds in 21 wards. 4,701 in-patients and 31,196 out-patients were treated during 1920 as against 3,926 and 22,446 respectively in 1919. 243 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 218 in 1919 and 211 in 1918. 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 9 beds for Europeans and 8 for Asiatics. 502 confinements occurred during the year as against 460 in 1919. 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 14 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 224 patients of all races were treated during 1920 and there were 3 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, the maintenance of free vernacular schools, 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. Over 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 the Medical Department, whilst two Chinese house surgeons, trained in Western medicine, are members of the hospital staff. There are 330 beds in the buildings, and 7,391 patients were accommodated during 1920.
The Tung Wa also maintain a branch hospital for small-pox cases (Chinese only) at Kennedy Town. It contains 60 beds and during 1920, 6 cases were treated.
The Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals are managed and controlled by the missionaries resident in Hongkong, agents of the London Missionary Society, and consist of the Alice Memorial Hospital opened in 1887, the Nethersole Hospital opened in 1893, the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital opened in 1904, and the Ho Miu Ling Hospital opened in 1906. The number of in-patients in 1920 was 1,740 and the expenditure $24,475.50. The number of labours in the Maternity Hospital was 447. The Government makes a grant of $300 per annum to these Hospitals.
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The Civil Hospital contains 168 beds in 21 wards. 4,701 in-patients and 31,196 out-patients were treated during 1920 as against 3,926 and 22,446 respectively in 1919. 243 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 218 in 1919 and 211 in 1918. 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 9 beds for Europeans and 8 for Asiatics. 502 confinements occurred during the year as against 460 in 1919. 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 14 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 224 patients of all races were treated during 1920 and there were 3 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, the maintenance of free vernacular schools, 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. Over half the number are now treated by Western methods. The hospital is managed by a committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appointment being sub- mitted to the Governor for confirmation. It is under the supervi- sion of a visiting physician, who is a member of the Medical Department, whilst two Chinese house surgeons, trained in Western medicine, are members of the hospital staff. There are 330 beds in the buildings, and 7,391 patients were accommodated during 1920.
The Tung Wa also maintain a branch hospital for small-pox cases (Chinese only) at Kennedy Town.. It contains 60 beds and during 1920, 6 cases were treated.
The Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals are managed and controlled by the missionaries resident in Hongkong, agents of the London Missionary Society, and consist of the Alice Memorial Hospital opened in 1887, the Nethersole Hospital opened in 1893, the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital opened in 1904, and the Ho Miu Ling Hospital opened in 1906. The number of in-patients in 1920 was 1,740 and the expenditure $24,475.50. The number of labours in the Maternity Hospital was 447. The Government makes a grant of $300 per annum to these Hospitals.
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