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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 partially reconstructed and added to from time to time. The latest addition was completed in 1934 and contains 300 beds; this new block stands on the site formerly occupied by the original building erected in the year 1870. Originally the Hospital was in a wide open space, but houses have grown around it and it is now in one of the most thickly populated districts of the Colony.
14. As the Directors are reluctant to refuse admission to any deserving case and as the Colony does not possess sufficient infirmary accommodation for all the 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.
15. 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.
16.
In-patients (General). Western treatment. Chinese treatment. Total. 1933 1934 5,588 5,671 4,491 5,480 10,079 11,15117.
In-patients (Maternity). 1933 1934 1,600 1,32018. There were 1,443 operations including 360 major ones.
19.
Out-patients (General). 1933 1934 Western treatment 28,443 23,227 Chinese treatment. 179,821 159,511 Total. 208,264 182,738The decrease in the number of out-patients is in all probability due to the inevitable confusion arising out of building operations.
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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 partially reconstructed and added to from time to time. The latest addition was com- pleted in 1934 and contains 300 beds; this new block stands on the site formerly occupied by the original building erected in the year 1870. Originally the Hospital was in a wide open space, but houses have grown around it and it is now in one of the most thickly populated districts of the Colony.
14. As the Directors are reluctant to refuse admission to any deserving case and as the Colony does not possess sufficient infirmary accommodation for all the 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.
15. 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 treat- ment.
16.
In-patients (General).
Western treatment.
Chinese treatment.
Total.
1933
1934
5,588
4,491
10,079
5,671
5,480
11,151
17.
In-patients (Maternity).
1933
1934
1,600
1,320
18. There
ones.
19.
were 1,443 operations including 360 major
Out-patients (General).
1933
1934
Western
treatment
Chinese treatment.
Total.
28,443
179,821
208,264
23,227
159,511
182,738
The decrease in the number of out-patients is in all prob- ability due to the inevitable confusion arising out of building operations.
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