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Trephining the mastoid antrum
Caesarian section
Trephining for fractures of the skull Tracheotomy
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The Police Force.--The total number of admittances to hospital was 994, including those patients who wore admitted more than once. This total was composed of 171 Europeans, 556 Indians and 207 Chinese. The police force consisted of 188 Europeans, 431 Indians and 762 Chinese.
The number of admittances in 1921 was 977. The diseases and disorders from which these patients suffered were chiefly those connected with the digestive and respiratory systems, as well as malaria, influenza and injuries, and were of a similar character to the diseases which were generally in evidence. Malaria, however, was more prevalent than usual and this is accounted for because of the deficient rainfall which permitted the breeding places of mosquitoes to remain in a comparatively undisturbed state long enough to be favourable to the multiplication of the insects. The admissions to hospital for malarial fevers were 2 Europeans, 47 Chinese and 186 Indians. The numbers invalided as unfit for further service were one European, ten Indians and three Chinese ; and two Europeans, one Indian, and three Chinese died. Among the diseases and injuries which brought about a fatal result was abscess of the brain, inflammation of the spinal cord, gun shint wound of the heart, and chronic disease of the heart,
The University Clinics. -Professor K. H. Digby was in charge of the surgical clinic until December when he went on leave on account of ill-health, and Dr. R. M. Gibson was appointed to act in his place. There were 522 patients treated in this clinic and 445 operations were performed. Besides the in-patients under the care of the professor of surgery, 859 others were examined and treated in the outpatient department, at the special clinic which Professor Digby generally conducts. It is considered that this serves a very useful purpose for it allows opportunities for following up the treatment of many cases after they are well enough to leave hospital. The medical clinic was conducted by G. E. Aubrey, M.D., at the Civil Hospital and by C.W. McKenny, M.D. at Tung Wah Hospital; Dr. McKenny was also in charge of the teaching of obstetrics for the greater part of the year, Dr. Moore having been in charge of the suject for the first six weeks of 1922. The appointment of recently qualified Chinese graduates of the University to act as house plysicians and house surgeons to the medical and surgical clinics of the University has been noticed already.
During the year the Rockefeller Foundation endowed chairs of surgery, medicine and obstetrics in the University and appoint- ments have been made to the those of surgery and medicine. Mr. K. H. Digby. M.B.; F.R.C.S. having been appointed to the professorship of surgery, and Mr. J. Anderson, M.D., &c. to that of medicine; it is expected that the third appointment will be made as soon as it is found convenient to do so.
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The Maternity Hospital. The admittances and other informa- tion is shown in the form of a table, and a comparison is made with the admittances, &c., of the preceding year.
Admittances,
Free patients, Male births,
1921.
1922.
699
721
278
178
320
300
Female births,
254
286
Still- born,
36
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Abortions; Spurious labour pains,
89
103
Nationality of patients.
Europeaus,
66
79
Japanese,
17
31
Indiaus,
48
36
Chinese,
568
575
6
7
Deaths maternal),
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The diseases or conditions which resulted in the death of seven
of the mothers were nephritis 2, influenza 2 and plague, eclampsia and shock, each caused one death.
Three premature infants died soon after birth.
V-THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The medical officers of the Civil Hospital were in charge of the Asylum also. The total number of patients admitted was 235 and 213 of these were admitted for the first time. 117 patients were brought in by the police, most of these baving been found wander- ing about the streets, unable to account for or to look after themselves, satisfactorily. It is likely that a good many of these do not belong to the Colony but that they are sent to it from surrounding parts of China, in order that those who are responsible for the care of these mental invalids, may be free from the encumbrance. The number of patients admitted during the year was less than in 1921, when 300 patients were admittel. One patient died, the cause of his death being beri-bori. The sex and nationality of the patients are shown in tabular form, and in a second table the diseases which affected the patients are recorded.
The most important of the changes in the staff was the appoint- ment as head attendant of the head attendant of the London County Mental Hospital. This officer arrived in the colony and assumed duty in August.
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