·C 15
THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
13. The Tung Wah was established in 1870 as a Chinese free hospital to be managed by Chinese Directors under Government supervision. It has been added to from time to time. It has now 438 beds of which 24 are for maternity cases.
There has been lately a decrease in the number of available beds due to some of the blocks having been pulled down to make way for an entirely new and up-to-date building.
14. Originally the Hospital was in a wide open space: but the houses have grown round it, and it is now in one of the most thickly populated districts of the Colony.
15. As the Directors are reluctant to refuse admission to any deserving case; and as the Colony does not possess sufficient infirmary accommodation for all its decrepits, the Tung Wah is not only a hospital but a place of refuge for the old and infirm, and has provided shelter, food, and medical attendance for many sufferers who would otherwise have perished without attention.
16. The staff consists of a Chinese Senior Medical Officer, whose salary is paid by the Government, and three Resident Medical Officers, whose salaries are paid by the Hospital. There are in addition a number of Chinese Herbalists who practise Chinese Medicine for the benefit of those who prefer that treatment.
17.
Inpatients (General). Western treatment Chinese treatment Total 1932 5,918 5,086 11,004 1933 5,588 4,491 10,07918.
Inpatients (Maternity). Still-births 1932 1,560 67 1933 1,600 8319. There were 890 operations including many major ones.
20.
Out-patients (General). Western treatment. Chinese treatment Total 1932 34,095 185,273 219,368 1933 28,443 179,821 208,264-
·C 15
THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
13. The Tung Wah was established in 1870 as a Chinese free hospital to be managed by Chinese Directors under Govern- ment supervision. It has been added to from time to time. It has now 438 beds of which 24 are for maternity cases.
There has been lately a decrease in the number of available beds due to some of the blocks having been pulled down to make way for an entirely new and up-to-date building.
14. Originally the Hospital was in a wide open space: but the houses have grown round it, and it is now in one of the most thickly populated districts of the Colony.
15. As the Directors are reluctant to refuse admission to any deserving case; and as the Colony does not possess sufficient infirmary accommodation for all its decrepits, the Tung Wah is not only a hospital but a place of refuge for the old and infirm, and has provided shelter, food, and medical attendance for many sufferers who would otherwise have perished without attention.
16. The staff consists of a Chinese Senior Medical Officer, whose salary is paid by the Government, and three Resident Medical Officers, whose salaries are paid by the Hospital. There are in addition a number of Chinese Herbalists who practise Chinese Medicine for the benefit of those who prefer that treatment.
17.
Inpatients (General).
Western
treatment
Chinese treatment
Total
1932
5,918
5,086
11,004
1933
5,588
4,491
10,079
18.
Inpatients (Maternity).
1932
1933
Still-births
1,560
67
1,600
83
19. There were 890 operations including many major ones.
20.
Out-patients (General).
Western
treatment.
Chinese treatment
Total
1932
34,095
185,273
219,368
1933
28,443
179,821
208,264
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