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Of the sixty-six persons committed for trial in dangerous drugs cases sixty-three were convicted. Of the above cases 2,196 involved opium and/or heroin pill divans in which
5,983 opium pipes,
5,236 heroin pill pipes, and
11,786 lamps
were seized. During the year under review 155,205 days in gaol were served by opium prisoners and 258,105 days were served by dangerous drug (heroin) prisoners.
NOTE. The information in the above report was kindly compiled and furnished by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, Superintendent of Imports and Exports, Hong Kong.
Medical Services.
(6) TREATMENT.
Opium addicts were treated in the Queen Mary Hospital and at the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital.
In the former institution nine patients were dealt with by the Professor of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
The patients were all Chinese. Eight were relieved, and one was still under treatment at the close of 1939.
Those under treatment spent an average of fourteen days in hospital, the longest stay being twenty-seven days and the shortest three days.
Gradual withdrawal of opium and auto-serotherapy were the lines of treatment adopted.
The 187 addicts seen at the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital were also Chinese.
The average duration of stay was nine days, the longest stay being twenty-five and the shortest one day.
The treatment followed the same lines as at the Queen Mary Hospital.
The ward was closed on the 15th of May, 1939, to make room for patients suffering from acute diseases.
Of those treated, 100 were stated to have been relieved of their habit, sixty-nine improved and eighteen showed no result. In view of the very short average stay, it is doubtful whether the claim made regarding relief from addiction rests on sound foundations.
During the period from 1st January to 15th May, 1939, the Government made a grant to the Chinese hospital authorities of fifty cents (about 7d) per day for every addict treated in the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital.
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Of the sixty-six persons committed for trial in dangerous drugs cases sixty-three were convicted. Of the above cases 2,196 involved opium and or heroin pill divans in which
5,983 opium pipes,
5,236 heroin pill pipes, and
11,786 lamps
were seized. During the year under review 155,205 days in gaol were served by opium prisoners and 258,105 days were served by dangerous drug (heroin) prisoners.
NOTE. The information in the above report was kindly compiled and furnished by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, superintendent of imports and exports, Hong Kong.
Medical Services.
(6) TREATMENT.
Opium addicts were treated in the Queen Mary Hospital and at the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital.
In the former institution nine patients were dealt with by the professor of medi- cine, University of Hong Kong.
The patients were all Chinese. Eight were relieved, and one was still under treatment at the close of 1939.
Those under treatment spent an average of fourteen days in hospital, the longest stay being twenty-seven days and the shortest three days.
Gradual withdrawal of opium and auto-serotherapy were the lines of treatment adopted.
The 187 addicts seen at the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital were also Chinese.
The average duration of stay was nine days, the longest stay being twenty-five and the shortest one day.
The treatment followed the same lines as at the Queen Mary Hospital.
The ward was closed on the 15th of May, 1939, to make room for patients suffering from acute diseases.
Of those treated, 100 were stated to have been relieved of their habit, sixty- nine improved and eighteen showed no result. In view of the very short average stay, it is doubtful whether the claim made regarding relief from addiction rests on sound foundations.
During the period from 1st January to 15th May, 1939, the Government made a grant to the Chinese hospital authorities of fifty cents (about 7d) per day for every addict treated in the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital.
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