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100 beds in the main building are under the control of the Clinical Professors of the Hong Kong University, who have been appointed respectively Physician, Surgeon, and Obstetric Physician to the hospital and who are responsible to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services for the duties they perform in the hospital. They have also been appointed consultants to Government. The University Clinic do all the outpatient work except that connected with the Venereal Diseases Clinic which is attended to by the Government Venereal Diseases Specialist.
295. Dr. I. Newton was the Medical Officer in charge during the year. He was assisted by Dr. G. H. Thomas and Dr. T. Z. Bau.
296. The number of inpatients, exclusive of those in the maternity block, was 4,744 (4,788 in 1930), of which 891 were treated by the University staff and 3,853 by the Government Medical Officers.
297. The 891 patients treated by the University staff were made up as follows:-
Medical cases 410 Surgical cases 374 Gynaecological cases 107298. The daily average number of inpatients was 168, that for the previous year was 184.
299. The nationality of the patients was:-
European Indian Chinese Other Asiatics Total 382 1,057 3,214 91 4,744300. A large proportion of the total patients receive treatment free of charge.
301. There were 356 deaths and of these 197 occurred within 24 hours of admission. The case death rate was 75.04 per mille (66.42 per mille in 1930).
302. 977 major operations were performed (1,022 in 1930). Of these 530 were from the University Surgical Clinic, 88 from the University Gynaecological Clinic and the remaining 359 were performed by the Government Medical Officers.
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100 beds in the main building are under the control of the Clinical Professors of the Hong Kong University, who have been appointed respectively Physician, Surgeon, and Obstetric Physician to the hospital and who are responsible to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services for the duties they perform in the hospital. They have also been appointed consultants to Government. The University Clinic do all the outpatient work except that connected with the Venereal Diseases Clinic which is attended to by the Government Venereal Diseases Specialist.
295. Dr. I. Newton was the Medical Officer in charge during the year. He was assisted by Dr. G. H. Thomas and Dr. T. Z. Bau.
296. The number of inpatients, exclusive of those in the maternity block, was 4,744 (4,788 in 1930), of which 891 were treated by the University staff and 3,853 by the Government Medical Officers.
297. The 891 patients treated by the University staff were made up as follows:-
Medical cases
Surgical cases
Gynaecological cases
410
374
107
298. The daily average number of inpatients was 168, that for the previous year was 184.
299. The nationality of the patients was:-
European
Indian
Chinese
Other Asiatics
Total
382
1,057
3,214
91
4,744
300. A large proportion of the total patients receive treat- ment free of charge.
301. There were
356 deaths and of these 197 occurred within 24 hours of admission. The case death rate was 75.04 per mille (66.42 per mille in 1930).
302. 977 major operations were performed (1,022 in 1980). Of these 530 were from the University Surgical Clinic. 88 from the University Gynaecological Clinic and the remaining 359 were performed by the Government Medical Officers.
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