AnnualReport-1934 — Page 437

M 79

$70.

Eye Clinic.

1933 12,540

1934 13,883

371. Baby Clinic.

1933 1,270

1934 2,291

372. Deaths.

Brought in dead.

1933 2,249 1,042

1934 2,170 687

373. A large proportion of the deaths in the Hospital occur within 24 hours of admission. The sick poor go there to die. Those brought in dead include bodies sent from ships in harbour, from neighbouring hospitals, from the Public Dispensaries and from private houses. All are taken to the Tung Wah for the benefit of free coffining and free burial.

THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.

374. This hospital does for Kowloon and the Peninsula what the Tung Wah and the Tung Wah Eastern do for the Island of Hong Kong. There is official accommodation for about 326 beds, of which 229 are for general diseases, 40 are for tuberculosis cases and 59 are for maternity cases. There are 18 private wards including 7 for maternity cases.

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375. 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.

376. The staff consists of a Senior Resident Medical Officer whose salary is paid by the Government, and three Assistant Medical Officers paid by the Directors.

377. There are also a number of Chinese Herbalists who practise Chinese medicine and are paid out of Hospital funds.

378. The patients, on admittance, can choose whether they desire treatment on Western or Chinese lines.

379.

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M 79

$70.

Eye Clinic.

1933 12,540

1934 13,883

371. Baby Clinic.

1933 1,270

1934 2,291

372. Deaths.

Brought in dead.

1933 2,249 1,042

1934 2,170 687

373. A large proportion of the deaths in the Hospital occur within 24 hours of admission. The sick poor go there to die. Those brought in dead include bodies sent from ships in harbour, from neighbouring hospitals, from the Public Dispensaries and from private houses. All are taken to the Tung Wah for the benefit of free coffining and free burial.

THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.

374. This hospital does for Kowloon and the Peninsula what the Tung Wah and the Tung Wah Eastern do for the Island of Hong Kong. There is official accommodation for about 326 beds, of which 229 are for general diseases, 40 are for tuberculosis cases and 59 are for maternity cases. There are 18 private wards including 7 for maternity cases.

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375. 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.

376. The staff consists of a Senior Resident Medical Officer whose salary is paid by the Government, and three Assistant Medical Officers paid by the Directors.

377. There are also a number of Chinese Herbalists who practise Chinese medicine and are paid out of Hospital funds.

378. The patients, on admittance, can choose whether they desire treatment on Western or Chinese lines.

379.