1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1906.
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out-patients were treated during the year 1906. Two hundred and thirty-nine cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 267 in 1905 and 223 in 1904. The Maternity Hospital contains six beds for Europeans and four for Asiatics. Sixty-four confinements occurred during the year. The Victoria Hospital, at the Peak, contains 41 beds. During 1906, 278 patients were under treatment. Kennedy Town Hospital contains 26 beds. In 1906, 78 cases were treated, of which 49 were plague. On the "Hygeia" 73 cases were treated, of which 66 were small-pox.
(B.) LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separate, the European portion containing eight beds in separate wards, and the Chinese portion 16 beds. One hundred and eighty-four patients of all races were treated during 1906, and there were nine deaths.
(C.) THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
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This Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $6,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are treated in this institution which takes the place of a poor-house and hospital for Chinese sick and destitute, and is administered by an annually-elected body of 15 Chinese directors. Chinese as well as European methods of treatment are employed in accordance with the wishes expressed by the patients or their friends. The Hospital is managed by a Committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appointment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation.
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 College of Medicine for Chinese, 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 and children. The inmates of the Home receive daily instruction in elementary subjects and are allowed to earn pocket-money by needlework. During 1906, a total of 349 persons were admitted. Of these, 82 were released after enquiry, eight were released under bond, 106 were placed in charge of their husbands, parents, or relations, three were placed in charge of the Japanese Consul, 20 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 24 were sent to school, convent, or refuge, six were adopted, 53 were married, and one died.
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1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1906.
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out-patients were treated during the year 1906. Two hundred and thirty-nine cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 267 in 1905 and 223 in 1904. The Maternity Hospital contains six beds for Europeans and four for Asiatics. Sixty- four confinements occurred during the year. The Victoria Hospital, at the Peak, contains 41 beds. During 1906, 278 patients were under treatment. Kennedy Town Hospital con- tains 26 beds. In 1906, 78 cases were treated, of which 49 were plague. On the "Hygeia" 73 cases were treated, of which 66 were small-pox.
(B.) LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are sepa- rate, the European portion containing eight beds in separate wards, and the Chinese portion 16 beds. One hundred aud eighty-four patients of all races were treated during 1906, a.td there were nine deaths.
(C.) THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
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This Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $6,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are treated in this institution which takes the place of a poor- house and hospital for Chinese sick and destitute, and is administered by an annually-elected body of 15 Chinese direc- tors. Chinese as well as European methods of treatment are employed in accordance with the wishes expressed by the patients or their friends. The Hospital is managed by a Committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appointment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation.
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 College of Medicine for Chinese, 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 and children. The inmates of the Home receive daily instruction in elementary subjects and are allowed to earn pocket-money by needlework. During 1906, a total of 349 persons were admitted. Of these, 82 were released after enquiry, eight were released under bond, 106 were placed in charge of their husbands, parents, or relations, three were placed in charge of the Japanese Consul, 20 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 24 were sent to school, convent, or refuge, six were adopted, 53 were married, and one died.
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