- C 19
Outpatients (General).
Western treatment.
Chinese treatment.
Total.
1931 1930 57,063 25,463 184,997 202,482 242,060 227,945Eye Clinic.
Baby Clinic.
1931 1930 14,277 12,262 1,486 2,523A great many patients come to the Tung Wah Hospital from outside the Colony attracted by its fame and its unstinted charity.
A large proportion of the deaths in the Hospital occur within twenty-four hours of admission. It is a dumping ground for dying people who wish to avoid postmortems brought in moribund.
388 were
The number of vaccinations shows no increase but this is accounted for by the establishment of new Vaccination Stations outside.
In spite of some falling off in Inpatients, the Outpatients in 1931 numbered 29,878 more than in 1930.
The new rooms added in 1931 to the Hospital made no appreciable difference till towards the end of the year.
The number of patients who choose their own herbalists to treat their complaints is still large, but most of these were not suffering seriously. For anything of importance they are learning by experience to put themselves in the hands of a scientifically trained doctor.
The X-ray Department continues to justify itself and the gross income rose from $1,331.00 in 1930 to $1,688.00 in 1931.
Kwong Wah Hospital.
General beds 234. Maternity beds fifty-nine. Thirty-two in the new Tuberculosis ward.
This Hospital does for Kowloon and the Peninsula what the Tung Wah Hospital does for the island of Hong Kong.
The accommodation cannot keep pace with the growth in population. Kowloon has considerably more than doubled itself during the last ten years, and overcrowding in the Hospital is unfortunately only too common.
- C 19
Outpatients (General).
Western treatment.
Chinese treatment.
Total.
1931
1930
57,063 25,463
184,997
242,060
202,482
227,945
Eye Clinic.
Baby Clinic.
1931
1930
14,277
12,262
1,486
2,523
A great many patients come to the Tung Wah Hospital from outside the Colony attracted by its fame and its unstinted charity.
A large proportion of the deaths in the Hospital occur within twenty-four hours of admission. It is a dumping ground for dying people who wish to avoid postmortems. brought in moribund.
388 were
The number of vaccinations shows no increase but this is accounted for by the establishment of new Vaccination Stations outside.
Inspite of some falling off in Inpatients, the Outpatients in 1931 numbered 29,878 more than in 1930.
The new rooms added in 1931 to the Hospital made no appreciable difference till towards the end of the year.
The number of patients who choose their own herbalists to treat their complaints is still large, but most of these were not suffering seriously. For anything
For anything of importance they are learning by experience to put themselves in the hands of a scientifically trained doctor.
The X-ray Department continues to justify itself and the gross income rose from $1,331.00 in 1930 to $1,688.00 in 1931,
Kwong Wah Hospital.
General beds 234. Maternity beds fifty-nine. Thirty-two in the new Tuberculosis ward.
This Hospital does for Kowloon and the Peninsula what the Tung Wah Hospital does for the island of Hong Kong.
The accommodation cannot keep pace with the growth in population. Kowloon has considerably more than doubled itself during the last ten years, and overcrowding in the Hospital is unfortunately only too common..
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