CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES AND PLAGUE HOSPITALS,
(Tables XVI to XXI).
51. The total number of cases treated at the Dispensaries was 137,818 as compared with 146,222 in 1921. Of this total 76,129 were new and 61,689 return cases.
52. The total number of vaccinations performed was 14,211 as against 10,229 in 1921.
53. The total expenditure on the Dispensaries was $43,158; the net expenditure was $39,358.
54. The net revenue of the Dispensaries, excluding a grant of $4,000 by Government was $42,568, as compared with $44,273 in 1921.
55. The two Kowloon Dispensaries at Hunghom and Shamshuipo show balances of $3,828 and $7,185 respectively. In 1921 the balances were $3,782 and $6,505.
56. The number of dead and dying infants brought to the Dispensaries was 1,494 as against 1,190 in 1921.
57. 1,375 corpses were removed to hospital or mortuary as against 970 in 1921; 588 applications for coffins were received as against 399 in 1921; and there were 668 attendances for the cleansing of infected premises as against 257 in 1921.
58. The Dispensaries Committee are again indebted to the authorities of the Alice Memorial Hospital for assistance in the matter of the issue of medicines and drugs, and the regulation of their consumption.
59. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 969 as compared with 643 in 1921. The monthly figures varied from 77 in April to 24 in January and September (Table XX).
Of the 969 bodies abandoned none were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries as against 4 in 1921 and 17 in 1920.
60. Table XIX compiled from statistics in the Sanitary Department shows the number of death certificates issued in proportion to the total number of Chinese deaths, and the number of cases in which post-mortem examinations were held.
61. The new Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital under the auspices of the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee was opened in Western Street on the 17th October; and by 31st December, 1922, had dealt with 56 cases, 6 cases remaining in the Hospital at the end of the year. It is intended to make the establishment a training school in midwifery for Chinese women.
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CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES AND PLAGUE HOSPITALS,
(Tables XVI to XXI).
51. The total number of cases treated at the Dispensaries was 137,818 as compared with 146,222 in 1921. Of this total 76,129 were new and 61,689 return cases.
52. The total number of vaccinations performed was 14,211 as against 10,229 in 1921.
53. The total expenditure on the Dispensaries was $43,158; the net expenditure was $39,358.
54. The net revenue of the Dispensaries, excluding a grant of $4,000 by Government was $42,568, as compared with $44,273 in 1921.
55. The two Kowloon Dispensaries at Hunghom and Shamshuipo show balances of $3,828 and $7,185 respectively. In 1921 the balances were $3,782 and $6,505.
56. The number of dead and dying infants brought to the Dispensaries was 1,494 as against 1,190 in 1921.
57. 1,375 corpses were 'removed to hospital or mortuary as against 970 in 1921; 588 applications for coffins were received as against 399 in 1921; and there were 668 attendances for the clean- sing of infected premises as against 257 in 1921.
58. The Dispensaries Committee are again indebted to the authorities of the Alice Memorial Hospital for assistance in the matter of the issue of medicines and drugs, and the regulation of their consumption.
59. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 969 as compared with 643 in 1921. The monthly figures varied from 77 in April to 24 in January and September (Table XX.
Of the 969 bodies abandoned none were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries as against 4 in 1921 and 17 in 1920,
60. Table XIX compiled from statistics in the Sanitary Depart- ment shows the number of death certificates issued in proportion to the total number of Chinese deaths, and the number of cases in which post mortem examination were held.
61, The new Tsan Yuk I Un-A Maternity Hospital under the auspices of the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee--was opened in Western Street on the 17th October: and by 31st December, 1922, had dealt with 56 cases, 6 cases remaining in the Hospital at the end of the year. It is intended to make the est- ablishment a training school in midwifery for Chinese women
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