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extent to the increase in certain Joint Sectional fares from May 1st and also to a greater number of passengers travelling than in 1916.
The condition of the Goods Traffic has improved, the receipts being $33,770.69 as against $18,407.50 for the previous year.
The Gross Receipts for the year were $428,246.46 as against $366,215.67 for 1916, an increase of $62,030.79. The balance after paying working expenses stands at $90,814.98, or $21,290.94 more than the previous year.
The Through and Joint Sectional passengers carried were as follows:-
Passengers booked by stations in British territory to stations in China 1915 1916 1917 271,382 307,310 309,394 Passengers booked by stations in China to stations in British territory 326,839 344,220 352,008VI.-GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.
(a)-HOSPITALS.
Government hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, and the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accommodating 1,500 persons in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease on board a ship arriving in the harbour.
The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 19 wards. 3,292 in-patients and 13,065 out-patients were treated during 1917 as against 3,058 and 12,620 respectively in 1916. 361 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 360 in 1916 and 384 in 1915. But the total cases of malaria for all Government hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital shows a decrease of 34 cases as compared with the year 1916. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and four for Asiatics. 309 confinements occurred during the year as against 259 in 1916. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and during 1917, 147 patients were under treatment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 31 cases were treated in 1917, all being small-pox.
(b)-LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing eight beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 214 patients of all races were treated during 1917 and there were 10 deaths.
(c)-THE TUNG WA AND OTHER CHINESE HOSPITALS.
The Tung Wa 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
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
extent to the increase in certain Joint Sectional fares from May 1st and also to a greater number of passengers travelling than in 1916.
The condition of the Goods Traffic has improved, the receipts being $33,770.69 as against $18,407.50 for the previous year..
The Gross Receipts for the year were $428,246.46 as against $366,215.67 for 1916, an increase of $62,030.79. The balance after paying working expenses stands at $90,814.98, or $21,290.94 more than the previous year.
The Through and Joint Sectional passengers carried were as follows:-
Passengers booked by stations
in British territory to stations in China
Passengers booked by stations in China to stations in British territory
1915.
1916.
1917.
271,382 307,310 309,394
326,839 344,220 352,008
VI.-GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.
(a)-HOSPITALS.
Government hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, and the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accommodating 1,500 persons in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease on board a ship arriving in the harbour.
The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 19 wards. 3,292 in-patients and 13,065 out-patients were treated during 1917 as against 3,058 and 12,620 respectively in 1916. 361 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 360 in 1916 and 384 in 1915. But the total cases of malaria for all Government hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital shows a decrease of 34 cases as compared with the year 1916. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and four for Asiatics. 309 confinements occurred during the year as against 259 in 1916. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and during 1917, 147 patients were under treatment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 31 cases were treated in 1917, all being small-pox.
(b)-LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing eight beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 214 patients of all races were treated during 1917 and there were 10 deaths.
(c)-THE TUNG WA AND OTHER CHINESE HOSPITALS.
The Tung Wa 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
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