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The Victoria Maternity Hospital.
1. The number of beds in this Hospital is 33.
2. There were 67 admissions during the year (63 in 1927). In June the Hospital was made available for private patients who wished to be attended by their own doctor. Only six patients availed themselves of the privilege.
3. There were two deaths—one from eclampsia, and one from shock following difficult labour terminated by caesarean section.
4. There were six patients remaining in Hospital at the end of the year.
CHINESE MATERNITY HOSPITALS.
1. There are two Chinese Maternity Hospitals which are organised on the lines of the Chinese Public Dispensaries—that is to say they are upkept by public subscriptions and governed by a Chinese Committee of Management.
The Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital (57 beds).
1. The whole of the in-patients work of this Hospital is in the hands of Dr. R. E. Tottenham, Professor of Obstetrics to the University of Hong Kong.
2. Once a week the Assistant Visiting Medical Officer to Chinese Hospitals and Dispensaries Dr. (Mrs.) Dovey conducts an Infant Welfare Clinic for babies born in the Hospital.
3. In connection with this Institution is a training school for midwives and nurses. The course is three years.
4. The total number of deliveries was 1,326. In the gynaecological department 174 cases were treated as in-patients and 1,105 as out-patients.
The Wanchai Maternity Hospital.
1. This Hospital of 22 beds is connected with the Wanchai Public Dispensary. A Western trained Chinese Doctor is in charge.
2. The number of deliveries in this Institution has steadily increased from 194 in 1919 to 1,029 in 1928.
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The Victoria Maternity Hospital.
1. The number of beds in this Hospital is 33.
2. There were 67 admissions during the year (63 in 1927). In June the Hospital was made available for private patients who wished to be attended by their own doctor. Only six patients availed themselves of the privilege.
3. There were two deaths-one from eclampsia, and one from shock following difficult labour terminated by caesarean section.
4. There were six patients remaining in Hospital at the end of the year.
CHINESE MATERNITY HOSPITALS.
1. There are two Chinese Maternity Hospitals which are organised on the lines of the Chinese Public Dispensaries---that is to say they are upkept by public subscriptions and governed by a Chinese Committee of Management.
The Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital (57 beds).
1. The whole of the in-patients work of this Hospital is in the hands of Dr. R. E. Tottenham, Professor of Obstetrics to the University of Hong Kong.
2. Once a week the Assistant Visiting Medical Officer to Chinese Hospitals and Dispensaries Dr. (Mrs.) Dovey conducts an Infant Welfare Clinic for babies born in the Hospital.
3. In connection with this Institution is a training school for midwives and nurses. The course is three years.
4. The total number of deliveries was 1,326. In the gynae- cological department 174 cases were treated as in-patients and 1,105 as out-patients.
The Wanchai Maternity Hospital.
1. This Hospital of 22 beds is connected with the Wanchai Public Dispensary. A Western trained Chinese Doctor is in charge.
2. The number of deliveries in this Institution has steadily increased from 194 in 1919 to 1,029 in 1928.
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