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6. At the end of March a weekly Venereal Clinic was started at the Tsan Yuk Hospital. The cases seen totalled 144.
7. Venereal cases are seen at the Out-patient Departments of the various departments and at the Dispensaries.
THE CHINESE HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
1. The Chinese Hospitals (3 in number viz. 2 general and 1 for infectious diseases) are Chinese Institutions whose relation to Government has been established by Ordinance. They are subsidised by Government, are subject to inspection by certain Government Officials and each has a Chinese member of the Medical Department on its Resident Staff.
The authority in administrative control is a Committee of Chinese gentlemen elected each year by the subscribers.
2. These Hospitals were originally established to give accommodation to those Chinese whose fears and prejudices against Western Medicine prevented their applying for relief at the Government Hospitals. The Tung Wah Hospital situated in Hong Kong was first occupied in 1873. The Kwong Wah Hospital was built in Kowloon in 1911 as an extension of the Tung Wah. The Government gave the sites free and with grants of money assisted in the erection of the buildings.
The activities of the Chinese Hospitals include:
(a) The care of the sick and treatment by Western methods or Chinese methods according to the wish of the patient.
(b) Maternity benefits and infant welfare by Western methods only.
(c) Assistance to the destitute.
(d) The provision of coffins for, and the burial of the dead.
(e) Vaccination.
(f) Health propaganda.
3. The Chinese Public Dispensaries, eight in number, were established for the purpose of supplying medical advice and treatment on Western lines. Situated in the most thickly populated districts they fulfil a very useful purpose, not only in the matter of treatment but also as foci for the spread of knowledge concerning the causes of disease, the means of spread and the value of Western drugs and methods both in prevention and cure.
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6. At the end of March a weekly Venereal Clinic was started at the Tsan Yuk Hospital. The cases seen totalled 144.
7. Venereal cases are seen at the Out-patient Departments of the various departments and at the Dispensaries.
THE CHINESE HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
1. The Chinese Hospitals (3 in number viz. 2 general and 1 for infectious diseases) are Chinese Institutions whose relation to Government has been established by Ordinance. They are subsidised by Government, are subject to inspection by certain Government Officials and each has a Chinese member of the Medical Department on its Resident Staff.
The authority in administrative control is a Committee of Chinese gentlemen elected each year by the subscribers.
2. These Hospitals were originally established to give ac- commodation to those Chinese whose fears and prejudices against Western Medicine prevented their applying for relief at the Government Hospitals. The Tung Wah Hospital situated in Hong Kong was first occupied in 1873. The Kwong Wah Hos- pital was built in Kowloon in 1911 as an extension of the Tung Wah. The Government gave the sites free and with grants of money assisted in the crection of the buildings.
The activities of the Chinese Hospitals include :
(a) The care of the sick and treatment by Western methods or Chinese methods according to the wish of the patient.
(b) Maternity-benefits-and infant welfare-by West-
ern methods only.
(c) Assistance to the destitute.
(d) The provisions of coffins for, and the burial of the
dead.
(e) Vaccination.
(f) Health propaganda.
3. The Chinese Public Dispensaries, eight in number, were established for the purpose of supplying medical advice and treatment on Western lines. Situated in the most thickly popu- lated districts they fulfil a very useful purpose, not only in the matter of treatment but also as foci for the spread of knowledge concerning the causes of disease, the means of spread and the value of Western drugs and methods both in prevention and
cure.
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