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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1906. 671

Annexe B.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

Staff.

Several changes have occurred in the Staff during the past year.

Dr. E. A. R. LAING, Assistant Superindendent, left the service in July and was succeeded in the Hospital by Dr. W. Koch, who took up the duties of Assistant Superintendent in October, the Superintendent being in sole charge during the interval.

Sister STOLLARD left on home leave in April and Sister GORHAM returned from England in October. Sisters FRANKLIN and DEWAR resigned the service and were succeeded by Sister BARROW and RICHARDS in April and December.

The Matron, Miss BARKER, proceeded to Japan on two months' vacation leave in August.

Probationer Nurses GEARY, ROBERTS and PAGE resigned and Nurse POOLE joined during the year, the other two vacancies being still unfilled.

Mr. FRANKLIN, Apothecary and Assistant Analyst, was granted short leave. Wardmaster COOMBS was transferred to the Sanitary Department and was succeeded by Wardmaster EGERTON in June.

Buildings.

Besides the usual minor repairs the whole of A Block was overhauled in the early part of the year, the wards being painted and colour-washed and the lavatories, in part, tiled. This necessitated closing the upper floor for some time. The cleansing stopped short of the exterior of the building which, I believe, is to be done this year. B Block was painted in 1904.

General Statisties.

The total number of admissions was 2,704 as against 2,585 last year; the in- crease would have been more but for the fact that owing to repairs it was necessary to close two general and two private wards for some time.

The total number of out-patients was 14,976 as against 13,706.

Attached are the following tables :--

Table

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I-Showing admissions and deaths during each month. II. Showing operations performed.

III.-Showing admissions and deaths under respective diseases. IV. Showing admissions and deaths in the Maternity Hos-

pital.

V.-Showing varieties of malaria met with in each month. The following Table gives the number and class of patients admitted during the last ten years as well as the total number of the deaths

YEAR.

1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901, 1902. 1903.] 1904. 1905.

Police, Paying Patients,

Police Cases,

Free,

Board of Trade,

Government Servants,

588 529 488 692 920 937 938 759 707 726 632 603 741 764 891 830 931 777 772 807 269 227 186 208 266 339 460 319 267 271 244 299 306

306 347 348 300 276 262 329 778 742 785 739 569 466 454 646 555 512

87 45 65 25 37 28

25

17

22

59

Total,

Total Deaths,

|2,598 2,445 2,571 2,734 3,030 2,948 3,108 |2,794 2,585 | 2,704

143 119 138 114 155 153 140 142 128 150