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Extensive illuminations of public buildings in connection with the Peace Celebrations were carried out on the nights of the 18th and 19th July.
The total amount expended on Public Works Extraordinary was $2,235,002.95 and on Annually Recurrent Works $822,509.87.
Railway.
The roofing of the passenger platforms at Kowloon remained again in abeyance throughout the year owing to the non arrival of the steelwork but a consignment of this material has recently arrived from England.
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Borings were taken over the site for the new wharf for Kow- loon Station yard, and plans and specifications prepared. Tenders were invited and a contract has since been entered into for its construction.
The brickwork shelter at Taipo Station for the accommodation of passengers and goods from Sha U Chong referred to in my last report has been extended as originally intended, and the additional accommodation will be appreciated by passengers arriving and departing by the Sha U Chiong Launch during the hot weather and
ramy season.
At Shatin Station a siding the full length of the Station Yard has been laid which facilitates the crossing of trains at that station.
The new permanent station building at Shum Chun station for use of the British Section was completed by the Chinese Section and occupied by the British Section during the year.
The through train service was interrupted on the 14th and 15th of July owing to strikes in Cauton affecting the Locomotive Depart- ment employees of the Chinese Section, and again by the Typhoon on August the 22nd.
The Local Traffic has improved under all heads when compared with the previous year. The advance in passenger and goods arnings is due to increased traffic and the aundry receipts are somewhat larger owing to the inclusion of storage charges on rails and fastenings belonging to the Imperial Government.
Through and Joint Sectional Traffic Receipts amounted to $302,327.74 or $36,632.96 in excess of 1918.
The Gross Receipts for the year were $100,092,77 as against $433,274.43 for 1918 an increase of $56,818.34. The balance after paying working expenses stands at $73,060.63.
The Through and Joint Sectional Passengers carried were as follows:-
1917. 1918. 1919.
Passengers booked by Stations in British Territory to Stations in China
Passengers booked by Stations
in China to Stations in British Territory
309,394 307,494 344,716
352,008 323,642 354,699
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The Local Passcugers carried were as follows:-
Main Line
Fanling Branch
1017, 1918. 1979. 277,068 296,379 345,314
55,211 45,187 48,017
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.
218 cases of
The Civil Hospital contains 186 beds in 200 wards. 3,926 in- patients and 22,146 out-patients were treated during 1919 as against 3,077 and 14,480 respectively in 1918. malarial fever were adinitted as against 211 in 1918 and 361 in 1917. The total cases of malaria for all Government Hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital shows an increase of 246 cases as compared with the year 1918. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 40 confinements occurred during the year as against 377 in 1918. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and during 1910, 200 patients were under treat- ment there. At Kennedy Town flospital, which contains 26 beds, 54 cases were treated in 1919, all being infectious.
(b.)-LUNATIC ASYLUM,
The Asylam is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European portion containing 8 beds in separte wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 207 patients of all races were treated during 1919 and there were 8 deatlis.
(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 Chinese as well as European charitable relief in emergencies. 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 appoint- ment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation. It is under the supervision of a visiting physician, who is a member of
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