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Annexe K.
TUNG WA HOSPITAL.
REPORT BY DR. D. J. VALENTINE, Visiting Medical Officer.
STAFF.
Resident Medical Officer ... Dr. G. H. Thomas.
Asst. Resident Medical Officer ... Dr. C. S. Chan.
Seven Chinese Doctors practising native medicine. One qualified midwife.
The total number of in-patients was divided thus:—
Cases treated by Western methods ........ 4,029 = 57.5%
Eastern ........ 3,362 = 42.5%
The total number of out-patients was divided thus:--
Chinese treatment (new and old cases) ......... 125,946
Western treatment ......... 22,643
REMARKS ON SPECIAL DISEASES.
Pulmonary tuberculosis continues to be important. Of 643 admissions for this disease during 1920 there were 349 deaths.
Beri-beri-In both mild and severe degrees, is still a prevalent disease. It occurs mainly in males of the coolie class whose diet consists sometimes solely of white rice. The large mass of Chinese are well acquainted with the disease but they do not realise that it would not exist among them if they would eat unpolished rice.
Plague did not occur in epidemic form although the mortality rate was high. The numbers for 1920-72 admissions with 63 deaths compare with 229 admissions with 182 deaths for 1919.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis.-There were 61 cases treated of which 29 died. (127 with 67 deaths in 1919 and 486 with 299 deaths in 1918).
Influenza.-There were 739 admissions with 128 deaths.
OBSTETRICAL DEPARTMENT.
There were 789 cases admitted into the labour wards. All these cases were treated by Western methods :-
Cases of normal labour ... 709
abnormal labour ... 80
Three women were delivered of twins and one of triplets,
M 56
Annexe K.
TUNG WA HOSPITAL.
REPORT BY DR. D. J. VALENTINE, Visiting Medical Officer.
STAFF.
Resident Medical Officer
Asst. Resident Medical Officer
... Dr. G. H. Thomas. ...Dr. C. S. Chan.
Seven Chinese Doctors practising native medicine. One qualified midwife.
The total number of in-patients was divided thus:—
Cases treated by Western methods........4,029=57·5%
Eastern
11
91
.3,362=42.5%
The total number of out-patients was divided thus:--
Chinese treatment (new and old cases).........125,946 Western
)......... 22,643
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REMARKS ON SPECIAL DISEASES.
Pulmonary tuberculosis continues to be important. Of 643 admissions for this disease during 1920 there were 349 deaths.
Beri-beri-In both mild and severe degrees, is still a prevalent disease. It occurs mainly in males of the coolie class whose diet consists sometimes solely of white rice. The large mass of Chinese are well acquainted with the disease but they do not realise that it would not exist among them if they would eat unpolished rice.
Plague did not occur in epidemic form although the mortality rate was high. The numbers for 1920-72 admissions with 63 deaths compare with 229 admissions with 182 deaths for 1919.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis.-There were 61 cases treated of which 29 died. (127 with 67 deaths in 1919 and 486 with 299 deaths in 1918).
Influenza.-There were 739 admissions with 128 deaths.
OBSTETRICAL DEPARTMENT.
There were 789 cases admitted into the labour wards. All these cases were treated by Western methods :-
Cases of normal labour...
abnormal labour
709
80
Three women were delivered of twins and one of triplets,
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