M(1)23
The only death in the Maternity Hospital was in a case of eclampsia which expired a few hours after admission, the foetus was not removed.
A case of locked twins, associated with intense cyanosis and general anasarca was treated in the General Hospital and died after a Caesarean section. Both children lived, but one died 4 months later from bronchitis.
All the cases of abortion—seven in number—were treated in the General Hospital and are included in its figures.
KOWLOON HOSPITAL,
Dr. Newton was in charge for the greater part of the year, Dr. Smalley and Dr. Fehily each being in charge for a short time. Dr. Dovey attended in the Out-patient Department and acted as anaesthetist to the Hospital.
980 patients were admitted during the year, 896 being males and 84 females. The nationalities were made up as follows:
British Chinese Other Nationalities 223 684 73Chinese women and children and Indians are not admitted except under very urgent circumstances as there is not the accommodation for them.
A table showing the various diseases is attached.
17 patients were transferred to the Government Civil Hospital and 18 to the Kwong Wah Hospital. 130 operations were performed under general anaesthesia. There was a slight increase (sixteen) in the number of cases of malaria admitted, many of which were of a very malignant type accounting for 8 deaths out of a total of 44 deaths from all causes. All these more severe cases occurred in Northern Chinese who had recently come to Hong Kong and were living at Kowloon City.
In the Out-patient Department there were 11,114 attendances, 1,697 of these being cases of external diseases of the eye.
The total cases were made up as follows:
New cases Old cases Dressings TOTAL 6,918 2,067 2,129 11,114M (1) 23
The only death in the Maternity Hospital was in a case of eclampsia which expired a few hours after admission, the foetus was not removed.
A case of locked twins, associated with intense cyanosis and general anasarca was treated in the General Hospital and died after a Caesarean section. Both children lived, but one died 4 months later from bronchitis.
All the cases of abortion-seven in number-were treated in the General Hospital and are included in its figures.
KOWLOON HOSPITAL,
Dr. Newton was in charge for the greater part of the year, Dr. Smalley and Dr. Fehily each being in charge for a short time. Dr. Dovey attended in the Out-patient Department and acted as anaesthetist to the Hospital.
980 patients were admitted during the year, 896 being males and 84 females. The nationalities were made up as
follows:--
British Chinese
Other Nationalities
223 684
73
Chinese women and children and Indians are not admitted except under very urgent circumstances as there is not the accommodation for them.
A table showing the various diseases is attached.
17 patients were transferred to the Government Civil Hospital and 18 to the Kwong Wah Hospital. 130 operations were performed under general anaesthesia. There was a slight increase (sixteen) in the number of cases of malaria admitted, many of which were of a very malignant type accounting for 8 deaths out of a total of 44 deaths from all causes. All these more severe cases occurred in Northern Chinese who had recent- ly come to Hong Kong and were living at Kowloon City.
In the Out-patient Department there were 11,114 attend- ances 1,697 of these being cases of external diseases of the eye.
The total cases were made up as follows:
New cases Old cases Dressings
TOTAL
6,918
2,067
2,129
11,114
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