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VII. THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, VICTORIA.
The staff of officers in charge of the general supervision of the hospital and the treatment of those patients desirous of European treatment remained as in 1922.
The visiting Medical Officer was Dr. C. W. McKenny. The resident staff were G. H. Thomas, M.D., B.S., Fok Wing Tai, M.B., B.S., and Chiu Chu San, M.B., B.S.
The buildings and equipment were well maintained but no new works were instituted during the period under review.
The attached figures give a brief comparative statement of the work done:
1923 1922 Patients remaining in hospital from 1922... Admissions 336 10,142 257 8,079 Total number of in-patients treated Deaths 10,478 ... 8,336 ... Males Females 2,141 2,267 ... Remaining in hospital at end of 1923 Under native treatment Under Western treatment 521 336 ... Bodies brought to Hospital Mortuary. Bodies sent to the Public Mortuary Out-patient visits (native treatment) Out-patient visits (Western treatment) (Eye clinic Vaccinations Confinements... Operations, General 4,823 3,714 + 5,655 4,622 ... ... 7,415 5,531 •• ... 2,727 2,548 1,646 1,850 923 838 ... 124,120 136,280 42,302 29,722 Western treatment) 4,436 2,949 ... 8,828 2,395 ... ... 1,091 1,017 ... ... ** ... 357 268 Operations. Eye Free burials 113 132 ... 5,580 1,009 5,518 1,289 Destitutes shelteredIn considering the diseases which have been admitted certain points must be borne in mind.
(1) That this hospital is in many respects an infirmary or poor house and that chronic sufferers from incurable conditions e.g., cancer of the liver, advanced nephritis or cardiac disease, tuberculosis in the end stage: are admitted partly for treatment, which can of course only be palliative, but for the most part in order that they may not die from starvation or be an unfair burden on their relatives.
This must be taken into consideration when analysing the appallingly high death rate (20.4%)
(2) Many conditions requiring operative measures are not received in the Tung Wa Hospital, but are transferred to the Civil Hospital.
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VII. THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, VICTORIA.
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The staff of officers in charge of the general supervision of the hospital and the treatment of those patients desirous of European treatment remained as in 1922.
The visiting Medical Officer was Dr. C. W. McKenny. The resident staff were G. H. Thomas, M.D., B.S., Fok Wing Tai, M.B., B.S., and Chiu Chu San, M.B., B.S.
The buildings and equipment were well maintained but no new works were instituted during the period under review.
The attached figures give a brief comparative statement of the work done:-
1923
1922
Patients remaining in hospital from 1922... Admissions
336
257
10,142
8,079
Total number of in-patients treated Deaths
...
10,478
8.336
Males
Females
...
Remaining in hospital at end of 1923
Under native treatment
Under Western treatment
Bodies brought to Hospital Mortuary. Bodies sent to the Public Mortuary Out-patient visits (native treatment) Out-patient visits (Western treatment)
(Eye clinic
Vaccinations
Confinements...
Operations, General
2,141
2,267
521
336
...
4,823
3,714
+
5,655
4,622
...
...
...
7,415
5,531
••
...
2,727
2,548
1,646
1,850
923
838
...
124,120 136,280
42,302 29,722
Western treatment)
4,436
2,949
...
8,828
2,395
...
...
1,091
1,017
...
...
**
...
357
268
Operations. Eye
Free burials
...
113
132
...
5,580 1,009
5,518
1,289
Destitutes sheltered
In considering the diseases which have been admitted certain points must be borne in mind.
(1) That this hospital is in many respects an infirmary or poor house and that chronic sufferers from incurable conditions e.g., cancer of the liver, advanced nephritis or cardiac disease, tuberculosis in the end stage: are admitted partly for treatment, which can of course only be palliative, but for the most part in order that they may not die from starvation or be an unfair burthen on their relatives.
This must be taken into consideration when analysing the appallingly high death rate (20.4 %)
(2) Many conditions requiring operative measures are not received in the Tung Wa Hospital, but are transferred to the Civil Hospital.
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