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350. The following table shows for comparison the figures at the three centres:
Kowloon G. C. H. Victoria 1934 1935 7,077 10,946 4,939 6,385 931 746351. On both sides of the harbour there is need for more extensive and more appropriate accommodation both for X-Ray work, for massage and for electro-therapy. The new Queen Mary Hospital will provide the necessary accommodation on the Island. A new block at Kowloon is urgently required.
352. Three new X-Ray machines were installed during the year. One, a combined screening and radiographic unit is intended ultimately for use in the operating theatre of the Queen Mary Hospital. The other two sets are mobile units, one for Kowloon Hospital and the other for Queen Mary Hospital.
353. Considerable difficulty was experienced with the Metalix "S.A." X-Ray tubes. These tubes appear to be more susceptible to the effects of excessive humidity than the earlier models, and two were rendered useless from electrical faults during the year. The installation of the mobile unit at Kowloon Hospital was delayed by these breakdowns and a "Victor" X.P.3. tube was eventually fitted. This tube has not yet had sufficient trial, but results have been very satisfactory.
354. The routine use of X-Ray paper was continued for suitable cases. A total of 3,576 sheets were exposed resulting in a saving of £199.10.0 the difference between the cost of the paper and the cost of films.
355. Considerable use was made of the Radium lent by the Matilda Hospital Authorities. It is a matter for regret that the therapeutic value of this material was considerably reduced by the lack of modern X-Ray therapy.
VENEREAL DISEASES CLINICS.
356. There are four Government V. D. Clinics in the Colony. The first was opened at the Government Civil Hospital Out-patient Department in 1928, the second, an ad hoc centre at South Kowloon close to the docks, in April 1933, the third at Kowloon Hospital Out-patients Department in March 1935, and the fourth at the Violet Peel Health Centre in Wanchai district, Victoria, in September 1935.
357. All treatment is given free of charge.
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350. The following table shows for comparison the figures at the three centres:
Kowloon
G. C. H. Victoria
1934.
1935.
7,077 ·
10,946
4,939
6,385
931
746
351. On both sides of the harbour there is need for more extensive and more appropriate accommodation both for X-Ray work, for massage and for electro-therapy. The new Queen Mary Hospital will provide the necessary accommodation on the Island. A new block at Kowloon is urgently required.
352. Three new X-Ray machines were installed during the year. One, a combined screening and radiographic unit is in- tended ultimately for use in the operating theatre of the Queen Mary Hospital. The other two sets are mobile units, one for Kowloon Hospital and the other for Queen Mary Hospital.
353. Considerable difficulty was experienced with the Metalix "S.A." X-Ray tubes. These tubes appear to be more susceptible to the effects of excessive humidity than the earlier models, and two were rendered useless from electrical faults during the year. The installation of the mobile unit at Kowloon Hospital was delayed by these breakdowns and a "Victor" X.P.3. tube was eventually fitted. This tube has not yet had sufficient trial, but results have been very satisfactory.
354. The routine use of X-Ray paper was continued for suit- able cases. A total of 3,576 sheets were exposed resulting in a saving of £199.10.0 the difference between the cost of the and the cost of films.
paper
355. Considerable use was made of the Radium lent by the Matilda Hospital Authorities. It is a matter for regret that the therapeutic value of this material was considerably reduced by the lack of modern X-Ray therapy.
VENEREAL DISEASES CLINICS.
356. There are four Government V. D. Clinics in the Colony. The first was opened at the Government Civil Hospital Out- patient Department in 1928, the second, an ad hoc centre at South Kowloon close to the docks, in April 1933, the third at Kowloon Hospital Out-patients Department in March 1935, and the fourth at the Violet Peel Health Centre in Wanchai district, Victoria, in September 1935.
357. All treatment is given free of charge.
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