3.
to be postponed.
6.
On the other hand, arrangements have been made
to open a Child Welfare Centre in Kowloon early in 1934.
An offer by certain Chinese gentlemen to provide funds for
the erection of a general health centre in Wanchai has
been accepted. The building, when erected, will be taken
over by the Government and the present infant welfare centre
in that district, which has proved an unqualified success
since its opening in April, 1932, will be transferred to
the new premises. In the Western district the Tsan Yuk
Hospital will next year be taken over by the Government and
the maternity and infant welfare work carried on there
will be continued.
7.
Some progress has been made in the medical
control of venereal diseases. The Kowloon clinic was
opened in April of this year. The plans for the new out-
patient department of the Kowloon Hospital provide for a
complete centre for the treatment of venereal diseases, and
these, with the facilities provided by the gynaecological clinics at Chinese Public Dispensaries should prove adequate
to meet the needs of Kowloon.
The position in Hong Kong is less satisfactory, the only centre for the treatment of males being the out-patient
department at the Government Civil Hospital, where the
accommodation available is inadequate. It is hoped that it
will be possible to provide a clinic at the general health
centre to be erected in Wanchai. Further provision must
await the construction of a health centre in the Western
district. As in Kowloon, much useful work is done by the
Government Lady Medical Officers at the gynaecological clinics at the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
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