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HONG KONG, 1918.
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The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 19 wards. 3,677 in-patients and 14,480 out-patients were treated during 1918, as against 3,292 and 13,065 respectively in 1917. 211 cases of malarial fever were admitted, as against 361 in 1917 and 360 in 1916. But the total cases of malaria for all Government Hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital shows a decrease of 434 cases, as compared with the year 1917. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 377 confinements occurred during the year, as against 309 in 1917. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and, during 1918, 147 patients were under treatment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 26 cases were treated in 1918, all being infectious.
(6)—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 8 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 217 patients of all races were treated during 1918 and there were 7 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 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. It is under the supervision of a visiting physician, who is a member of the Medical Department, whilst two Chinese house surgeons, trained in Western medicine, are members of the hospital staff. There are 323 beds in the buildings and 6,562 patients were accommodated during 1918.
The Tung Wa also maintain a branch hospital for small-pox cases (Chinese only) at Kennedy Town. It contains 58 beds and, during 1918, 5 cases were treated.
The Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals are managed and controlled by the missionaries resident in Hong Kong, agents of the London Missionary Society, and consist of the Alice Memorial Hospital opened in 1887, the Nethersole Hospital opened in 1893, the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital opened in 1904, and the Ho Miu Ling Hospital opened in 1906. The number of in-patients in 1918 was 1,593 and the expenditure $23,128.76. The number of labours in the Maternity Hospital was 543. The Government makes a grant of $300 per annum to these Hospitals.
To avoid the complete seclusion from friends and relatives, which removal of Chinese plague patients to the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital entailed, four District Plague Hospitals are now
1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1918.
419
15
The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 19 wards. 3,677 in-patients and 14,480 out-patients were treated during 1918, as against 3,292 and 13,065 respectively in 1917. 211 cases of malarial fever were admitted, as against 361 in 1917 and 360 in 1916. But the total cases of malaria for all Government Hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital shows a decrease of 434 cases, as compared with the year 1917. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 377 confinements occurred during the year, as against 309 in 1917. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and, during 1918, 147 patients were under treatment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 26 cases were treated in 1918, all being infectious.
(6)-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 8 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 217 patients of all races were treated during 1918 and there were 7 deaths.
(c)-THE TUNG WA AND OTHER CHINESE HOSPITALS,
The Tung Wa Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptons of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $8,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are treated in this instituton. 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 gentle- men annually elected, their appointment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation. It is under the supervision of a visiting physician, who is a member of the Medical Department, whilst two Chinese house surgeons, trained in Western medicine, are members of the hospital staff. There are 323 beds in the buildings and 6,562 patients were accommodated during 1918.
The Tung Wa also maintain a branch hospital for small-pox cases (Chinese only) at Kennedy Town. It contains 58 beds and, during 1918, 5 cases were treated.
The Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals are managed and con- trolled by the missionaries resident in Hong Kong, agents of the London Missionary Society, and consist of the Alice Memorial Hospital opened in 1887, the Nethersole Hospital opened in 1893, the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital opened in 1904, and the Ho Miu Ling Hospital opened in 1906. The number of in-patients in 1918 was 1,593 and the expenditure $23,128.76. The number of labours in the Maternity Hospital was 543. The Government makes a grant of $300 per annum to these Hospitals.
To avoid the complete seclusion from friends and relatives, which removal of Chinese plague patients to the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital entailed, four District Plague Hospitals are now
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