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2. Kowloon Hospital.
The Government general hospital accommodation on the mainland consists of one institution only--Kowloon Hospital. This building stands in a medical reserve over thirty acres in extent allowing for considerable growth in the future. It possesses ninety-seven beds for general purposes and thirty-four maternity beds.
1936.
In-patients numbered 3,706 as compared with 3,367 in 1936. This figure was made up of 2,475 Chinese, 830 Europeans, thirty Indians and 371 persons of other nationalities. The daily average number of in-patients was 101.
Some 1,322 operations were performed under general anaesthesia during the year.
Deaths among in-patients amounted to 326.
The out-patient service at Kowloon Hospital continued to expand by leaps and bounds. Whereas in 1933 the number of persons dealt with was only 27,810, in the year under review it rose to 91,001. To this latter figure should be added 204 and 4,738 attending the ear, nose and throat and eye clinics respectively, and 5,766 attending the venereal diseases clinic, making a grand total of 101,709.
1,372 patients were treated in the maternity block at Kowloon Hospital, a daily average of twenty-two for the thirty-four beds. Amongst these were 1,288 deliveries, eight maternal deaths and seventy-two stillbirths. The maternal mortality was due to three cases of eclampsia, two of post partum haemorrhage, two of puerperal septicaemia and one of toxaemia. Both Chinese and European women were encouraged to attend the ante-natal clinics at Kowloon Hospital and 695 availed themselves of this service in 1937.
The average cost per patient per day for diets, provision, fuel, light and kitchen staff during 1937 was one dollar and four cents.
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Before leaving the description of the work done at the Government General Hospitals mention should be made of two activities which have undergone considerable development in recent years.
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2.-Kowloon Hospital.
The Government general hospital accommodation
on the mainland consists of one institution only--Kowloon Hospital. This building stands in a medical reserve over thirty acres in extent allowing for considerable growth in the future. It possesses ninety-seven beds for general purposes and thirty-four maternity beds.
1936.
In-patients numbered 3,706 as compared with 3,367 in
This figure was made up of 2,475 Chinese, 830 Europeans, thirty Indians and 371 persons of other nationalities. The daily average number of in-patients was 101.
Some 1,322 operations were performed under general anaesthesia during the year.
Deaths among in-patients amounted to 326.
The out-patient service at Kowloon Hospital continued to expand by leaps and bounds. Whereas in 1933 the number of persons dealt with was only 27,810, in the year under review it rose to 91,001. To this latter figure should be added 204 and 4,738 attending the ear, nose and throat and eye clinics respec- tively, and 5,766 attending the venereal diseases clinic, making a grand total of 101, 709.
1,372 patients were treated in the maternity block at Kowloon Hospital, a daily average of twenty-two for the thirty- four beds. Amongst these were 1,288 deliveries, eight maternal deaths and seventy-two stillbirths. The maternal mortality was due to three cases of eclampsia, two of post partum haemorrhage, two of puerperal septicaemia and one of toxaemia. Both Chinese and European women were encouraged to attend the ante-natal clinics at Kowloon Hospital and 695 availed them- selves of this service in 1937.
The average cost per patient per day for diets, provision, fuel, light and kitchen staff during 1937 was one dollar and four cents.
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Before leaving the description of the work done at the Goverment General Hospitals mention should be made of two activities which have undergone considerable development in recent years.
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