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Kowloon Hospital West Wing, completed in October 1970,

DUCHESS OF KENT CHILDREN'S ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL

AND CONVALESCENT HOME

164. Maintained by the Society for the Relief of Disabled Children, with the aid of a Government subvention of $1,215,858, this modern children orthopaedic hospital now contains 200 beds for children requiring specialized long-term orthopaedic care and surgery. Patients are admitted to the hospital through its own out-patient department and other clinics. Traumatic cases are transferred from Queen Mary Hospital for convalescence. An orthopaedic appliance department is provided at the hospital. The Hong Kong Red Cross Society provides primary school teachers to enable the children to continue their education during convalescence.

OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL

165. This hospital is administered by the Maryknoll Sisters, and was maintained during the year with the aid of a Government subven- tion of $1,050,000. It is located at Wong Tai Sin in north-east Kowloon and provides general in-patient and out-patient facilities for this rapidly expanding area. The new wing of the hospital was opened in 1969. The hospital now has a total of 220 beds, 180 for general third class patients and 40 for first and second class patients and maternity

cases.

HAY LING CHAU LEPROSARIUM

(Table 73)

166. This leprosarium, situated on an island six miles from Hong Kong Island, is maintained by the Leprosy Mission, Hong Kong Auxiliary, with the aid of a Government subvention, which in the year under review was $800,000. It provides in-patient and rehabilita- tion facilities for leprosy patients and has special facilities for those who require reconstructive surgery or who are suffering from inter- current disease. Fortunately the number of patients has fallen in recent years as a result of the decreasing incidence of leprosy and at the end of the year under review there were fewer than 250 patients in the leprosarium.

HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR REHABILITATION MARGARET TRENCH MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE

167. This centre, aided by a recurrent grant from Government amounting to $655,000 in the year under review, accommodates 80

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