Institution
M 112
(9) LABORATORY FACILITIES –
(a) General laboratory, Kowloon Medical Centre
(b) Biological products laboratory, Kowloon
"INFIRMARY" ACCOMMODATION FOR AGED AND INfirm-
Approximate cost of construction and equipment.
82,500 150,000 (10) (600 beds for the group of three Chinese Hospitals) 1,000,000 (11) MENTAL DISEASES- (150 beds capable of expansion to 200 beds) Total 300,000 $10,360,500N.B. The figures given are only approximate and should not be regarded as final or official P.W.D. estimates.
Appendix III.
HONG KONG EUGENICS LEAGUE.
ANNUAL REPORT 1939-1940.
The Hong Kong Eugenics League has continued to make progress during its fourth year. The number of patients has increased, and, as will be seen from the medical report, there is a marked improvement in those returning for re-examination.
There are now three clinics, each holding one session per week; the Violet Peel Health Centre, under Dr. A. L. Forbes, on Thursday afternoons; the Kowloon Health Centre, under the direction of Dr. P. Ruttonjee, on Monday afternoons; and the Tsan Yuk, under the direction of Dr. B. Chu, on Tuesday afternoons. Clinics have also been started in the North Point, King's Park and Ma Tau Chung Refugee Camps, through the initiative of Dr. T. J. Hua and with the co-operation of the Medical Department.
CO-OPERATION IN THE HEALTH CENTRES :
The increase in service during the last year has been the result in a large measure of the sympathetic attitude of the Hong Kong Government, since all three sessions take place either in the Infant Welfare and Maternity Centres or the Maternity Hospital and although the number of mothers benefitted through the Eugenics League is still small, the relationship of the birth control work to the Maternity and Infant Welfare work is on a sound basis. The majority of the patients attending the birth control sessions are mothers whose babies are being treated in the Infant Welfare departments, and it is therefore possible for the doctors and nurses to have an all-round knowledge of their patients and to know which mothers are most in need of advice on birth control.
This linking up of birth control with infant welfare and maternity work is in line with the policy of the Ministry of Health in Great Britain. In 1937 the Ministry of Health issued a circular to the Local Authorities explaining the urgent necessity of giving birth control advice at the Gynaecological Clinics, which care for mothers in the post-natal period.
Institution
M 112
(9) LABORATORY FACILITIES –
(a) General laboratory, Kowloon Medical Centre
(b) Biological products laboratory, Kowloon
"INFIRMARY" ACCOMMODATION FOR AGED AND
INFIRM-
Approximate cost of construction and equipment.
82,500
150,000
(10)
(600 beds for the group of three Chinese
Hospitals)
1,000,000
(11) MENTAL DISEASES-
(150 beds capable of expansion to 200 beds)
Total
300,000
$10,360,500
N.B. The figures given are only approximate and should not be regarded as final or official P.W.D. estimates.
Appendix III.
HONG KONG EUGENICS LEAGUE.
ANNUAL REPORT 1939-1940.
The Hong Kong Eugenics League has continued to make progress during its fourth year. The number of patients has increased, and, as will be seen from the medical report, there is a marked improvement in those returning for re-examination.
There are now three clinics, each holding one session per week; the Violet Peel Health Centre, under Dr. A. L. Forbes, on Thursday afternoons; the Kowloon Health Centre, under the direction of Dr. P. Ruttonjee, on Monday afternoons; and the Tsan Yuk, under the direction of Dr. B. Chu, on Tuesday afternoons. Clinics have also been started in the North Point, King's Park and Ma Tau Chung Refugee Camps, through the initiative of Dr. T. J. Hua and with the co-operation of the Medical Department.
CO-OPERATION IN THE HEALTH CENTRES :
The increase in service during the last year has been the result in a large measure of the sympathetic attitude of the Hong Kong Government, since all three sessions take place either in the Infant Welfare and Maternity Centres or the Maternity Hospital and although the number of mothers benefitted through the Eugenics League is still small, the relationship of the birth control work to the Maternity and Infant Welfare work is on a sound basis. The majority of the patients attending the birth control sessions are mothers whose babies are being treated in the Infant Welfare departments, and it is therefore possible for the doctors and nurses to have an all-round knowledge of their patients and to know which mothers are most in need of advice on birth control.
This linking up of birth control with infant welfare and maternity work is in line with the policy of the Ministry of Health in Great Britain. In 1937 the Ministry of Health issued a circular to the Local Authorities explaining the urgent necessity of giving birth control advice at the Gynaecological Clínics, which care for mothers in the post-natal period.
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