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VI.—GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.
Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital, and the hulk "Hygeia" used mainly for the treatment of small-pox cases.
The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 29 wards. 2,527 in-patients and 18,207 out-patients were treated during the year 1908. 279 cases of malarial fever were admitted, as against 243 in 1907 and 239 in 1906. The Maternity Hospital contains 6 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 60 confinements occurred during the year. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds. During 1908 234 patients were under treatment. Kennedy Town Hospital contains 26 beds. In 1908 59 cases were treated, of which 3 were plague. On the "Hygeia" 150 cases were treated, of which 86 were small-pox.
The Lunatic Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing 8 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 212 patients of all races were treated during 1908, and there were 11 deaths.
The Tung Wah Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $8,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are treated in this institution. Various other services not appertaining to a hospital are performed by the institution such as the free burial of the poor, the repatriation of destitutes, and the organisation of charitable relief in emergencies. Chinese as well as European methods of treatment are employed in accordance with the wishes expressed by the patients or their friends. About half the number are now treated by Western methods. The hospital is managed by a committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appointment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation, and is under the supervision of a Visiting Physician who is a member of the Medical Department, whilst a Chinese Surgeon trained in European medicine is a member of the Hospital Staff.
VII.—INSTITUTIONS NOT SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT.
Among institutions recognised and encouraged, but not to any considerable extent supported by Government may be mentioned the Po Leung Kuk, the Hong Kong College of Medicine, and the City Hall.
The Po Leung Kuk is an institution, incorporated in 1893, presided over by the Registrar General and an annually-elected Committee of 12 Chinese gentlemen, for the protection of women
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
VI.—GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.
Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, the Kennedy Town Infec- tious Diseases Hospital, and the hulk "Hygeia" used mainly for the treatment of small-pox cases.
The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 29 wards. 2,527 in- patients and 18,207 out-patients were treated during the year 1908. 279 cases of malarial fever were admitted, as against 243 in 1907 and 239 in 1906. The Maternity Hospital contains 6 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 60 confinements occurred during the year. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds. During 1908 234 patients were under treat- ment. Kennedy Town Hospital contains 26 beds. In 1908 59 cases were treated, of which 3 were plague. On the "Hygeia " 150 cases were treated, of which 86 were small-pox.
The Lunatic Asylum is under the direction of the Superin- tendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing 8 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 212 patients of all races were treated during 1908, and there were 11 deaths.
The Tung Wah Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $8,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are treated in this institution. Various other services not appertaining to a hospital are performed by the institution such as the free burial of the poor, the repatriation of destitutes, and the organi- sation of charitable relief in emergencies. Chinese as well as European methods of treatment are employed in accordance with the wishes expressed by the patients or their friends. About half the number are now treated by Western methods. The hospital is managed by a committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appointment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation, and is under the supervision of a Visiting Physician who is a member of the Medical Department, whilst a Chinese Surgeon trained in European medicine is a member of the Hospital Staff.
VII.-INSTITUTIONS NOT SUPPORTED BY ·
GOVERNMENT.
Among institutions recognised and encouraged, but not to any considerable extent supported by Government may be mentioned the Pó Leung Kuk, the Hong Kong College of Medicine, and the City Hall.
The Pó Leung Kuk is an institution, incorporated in 1893, presided over by the Registrar General and an annually-elected Committee of 12 Chinese gentlemen, for the protection of women
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