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# THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.
414. This hospital does for Kowloon and the Peninsula what the Tung Wah and Tung Wah Eastern do for the island of Hong Kong. There is official accommodation for about 320 beds of which 231 are for general diseases, 16 are for tuberculosis cases and 59 are for maternity cases. There are 12 private wards.
415. The accommodation cannot keep pace with the growth in population. Kowloon has considerably more than doubled itself during the last ten years. No patient is turned away for want of room and in both medical and surgical wards it is common to find two in a bed, and others sleeping on the floor.
416. The staff consists of a Senior Resident Medical Officer whose salary is paid by the Government, and three Junior Medical Officers paid by the Directors.
417. There are also a number of Chinese Herbalists, without any recognised qualification, who practise Chinese medicine and are paid out of Hospital funds.
418. The patients, on admittance, can choose whether they desire treatment on Western or Chinese lines.
419.
## Inpatients
Western treatment Chinese treatment Total 1931 8,204 2,283 10,487 1932 9,517 2,339 11,856420. There were 255 major operations, the number for 1931 being 157.
421. There were 3,327 labours as compared with 3,245 in 1931. Still-births numbered 183.
422.
## Outpatients
Western treatment Chinese treatment Total 1931 51,600 (including gynaecology) 90,500 142,100 1932 40,537 97,398 137,935423. There were 2,520 eye cases as compared with 3,650 for the previous year.
424. The number of deaths in hospital was 3,573. As in the Tung Wah, the number of deaths is influenced by many factors which have nothing to do with treatment in the hospital.
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THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.
414. This hospital does for Kowloon and the Peninsula what the Tung Wah and Tung Wah Eastern do for the island of Hong Kong. There is official accommodation for about 320 beds of which 231 are for general diseases, 16 are for tuberculosis cases and 59 are for maternity cases. There are 12 private wards.
415. The accommodation cannot keep pace with the growth in population. Kowloon has considerably more than doubled itself during the last ten years. No patient is turned away for want of rooni and in both medical and surgical wards it is com- mon to find two in a bed, and others sleeping on the floor.
416. The staff consists of a Senior Resident Medical Officer whose salary is paid by the Government, and three Junior Medical Officers paid by the Directors.
417. There are also a number of Chinese Herbalists, without any recognised qualification, who practise Chinese medicine and are paid out of Hospital funds.
418. The patients, on admittance, can choose whether they desire treatment on Western or Chinese lines.
419.
Inpatients.
Western
1931
1982
treatment.
Chinese treatment.
Total
8,204
2,283
10,487
9,517
2,339
11,856
420. There were 255 major operations, the number for 1931 being 157.
1931.
421. There were 3,327 labours as compared with 3,245 in
Still-births numbered 183.
422.
Outpulients.
Western
treatment.
1931...
.51,600 (including
Chinese treatment.
90,500
Total.
142,100
436 gynaecology)
1932..
.40.537
97,398
137,935
423. There were 2,520 eye cases as compared with 3.650 for the previous year.
424. The number of deaths in hospital was 3,573. As in the Tung Wah, the number of dea hs is influenced by many factors which have nothing to do with treatment in the hospital.
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