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executed to the piers and turnstiles and ticket offices were erected in readiness for the new services which were to be inaugurated on the 1st January, 1919.
In connection with a re-grading of the upper portion of the Peak Tramway in order to aliminate certain apparatus hitherto required to depress the steel hauling cable at a point where a sudden change of gradient occurred, approaches to temporary terminal stations above Kennedy Road and below Barker Road were constructed by the Government. The re-grading was in progress at the close of the
year.
The total amount expended on Public Works Extraordinary was $1,578,149.12 and on Annually Recurrent Works $712,675.37.
Railway.
The Goods Examination Shed at Kowloon Station was com- pleted early in the year, and in order to still further encourage this traffic, the building of a reinforced concrete wharf in front of the shed extending to a suitable depth of water has been decided upon,
The roofing of the passenger platforme remained in abeyance owing to the non-arrival of the steelwork. A portion of the steel- work was ready for delivery but owing to the conditions prevailing it was not possible to ship it.
Permanent two storied quarters have been built at Lown in British Territory for the accommodation of the British Section traffic and locomotive staff of Shum Chun Station who were previously housed in the temporary wooden station.
The wooden station building at Shum Chun leased from the Chinese Section was condemned early in the year and the station staff and instruments moved to temporary accommodation provided in the Chinese Section station on the main line platform. Plans for a now permanent station have been approved and it is hoped that the building will be ready to be handed over to this Section during
1919.
At Taipo Station a brickwork shelter has been provided off the down platform for the examination of passengers and their luggage arriving by launch from Sha U Chong. This has not proved to be sufficient and additional accommodation has been Banctioned and the work put in hand in 1919.
Regarding the routes for the projected branch lines to Tai Kok Tsui and Tai Wan Bay, referred to last year, exhaustive contour surveys were carried out and the final locations for both these projects decided upon in consultation with the Honourable Director of Public Works. Plans and sections were prepared and Reports and Estimates completed.
On the 4th August, after several days' continuous heavy rain, an exceptional storm visited the Colony, and caused considerable damage to the Railway at several points. The high bank (34 feet) at mile 14 subsided, necessitating a curtailment of the train service
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and the transference of passengers across the breach. On the Chinese Section a slip occurred between Pu Kut and Li Long and through traffic was suspended until August 9th.
The Revenue derived from Local Traffic amounted to $167,579,65 and from Through and Joint Sectional Traffic to $265,694.78.
The Working Expenses amounted to $356,221.07 showing a balance of Earnings over Expenditure of $77,053,36.
The Through and Joint Sectional Passengers carried were as follows:-
1910. 1917. 1918.
Passengers bonked by Stations
in British Territory to
Stations in China, 307,310 309,394 307,494
Passengers booked by Stations
in China to Stations in British Territory,
344,220 352,008 323,642
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 Dis- eases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accom. modating 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. 3,677 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 malarin 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.
(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 & beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 217 patients of all races were treated during 1918 and there were 7 deaths.
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