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53. The total number of vaccinations performed was 36,454 as against 14,211 in 1922.
The Chinese Public Dispensaries took an active part in the vaccination campaign organised by the Sanitary Department to combat the unusually severe out-break of small-pox towards the end of the year.
54. The total expenditure on the Dispensaries, was $38,351.42 as against $39,358 in 1922.
55. The net revenue of the Dispensaries, excluding a grant of $9,000 by Government was $46,131 as compared with $42,568 in 1922.
56. The two Kowloon Dispensaries at Hunghom and Sham-shuipo show balances of $4,408 and $6,878 respectively. In 1922 the balances were $3,828 and $7,185.
57. The number of dead and dying infants brought to the Dispensaries was 1,510 as against 1,494 in 1922,
58. 1,328 corpses were removed to hospital or mortuary as against 1,375 in 1922; 514 applications for coffins were received as against 588 in 1922; and there were 366 attendances for the cleansing of infected premises as against 668 in 1922.
59. 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.
60. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 1,502 as compared with 969 in 1922. The monthly figures varied from 74 in April to 57 in January and September (Table XX).
Of the 1,502 bodies abandoned none were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries: there were also none in 1921.
61. 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.
TSAN YUK MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
West Point.
62.-(a) This hospital was formally opened in October 1922. The year under review is therefore the first full year of its working. 28 beds were available for patients and 436 cases in all were
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53. The total number of vaccinations performed was 36,454 as against 14,211 in 1922.
The Chinese Public Dispensaries took an active part in the vaccination campaign organised by the Sanitary Department to combat the unusually severe out-break of small-pox towards the end of the year.
54. The total expenditure on the Dispensaries, was $38,351.42 as against $39,358 in 1922.
55. The net revenue of the Dispensaries, excluding a grant of $9,000 by Government was $46,131 as compared with $42,568 in 1922.
56. The two Kowloon Dispensaries at Hunghom_and_Sham- shuipo show balances of $4,408 and $6,878 respectively. In 1922 the balances were $3,828 and $7,185.
57. The number of dead and dying infants brought to the Dispensaries was 1,510 as against 1,494 in 1922,
58. 1,328 corpses were removed to hospital or mortuary as against 1,375 in 1922; 514 applications for coffins were received as against 588 in 1922; and there were 366 attendances for the cleansing of infected premises as against 668 in 1922.
59. 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.
60. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 1,502 as compared with 969 in 1922. The monthly figures varied from 74 in April to 57 in January and September (Table XX).
Of the 1,502 bodies abandoned none were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries: there were also none in 1921.
61. 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.
TSAN YUK MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
West Point.
62.-(a) This hospital was formally opened in October 1922. The year under review is therefore the first full year of its work- ing. 28 beds were available for patients and 436 cases in all were
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