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Number of Tests

1.

Haematology

TABLE 69(a)

WORK OF THE INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AT

PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL 1984

A) General Haematology

B) Coagulation Investigation

C) Special Haematology

D}

Blood Group Serology

E)

Miscellaneous

F) Investigation of Hb Disorders

2.

Blood Banking

A) Examination done in Blood Bank

B)

Miscellaneous

3. Microbiology

A) Bacteriology

B) Mycology

C)

Parasitology

D) Bacterial, mycotic and parasitic immunology

E) Urinalysis and pregnancy test

4. Virology

A) Antibody to HBsAg

3) Hepatitis B surface antigen

i)

Clinical

ii) Screening

C) Antibody to Rubella Virus

5. Morbid Anatomy

A) Surgical Pathology

Frozen Sections

C) Autopsy

D) Cytology

E)

Electron Microscopy

F) Cytogenetics

6. Chemical Pathology

A) General Biochemistry

B)

Emergency Service

C) Toxicology & Drug Monitoring

D)

Radioimmunossay and other Immunossay

E) Miscellaneous

Total

Cases

MA

TABLE 70

WORK OF BLOOD BANKS 1984

QMH

QEH

PMH

PWH

Total

1984

I.

Blood Received (Units)

From

283 497

Hong Kong Red Cross

23 176 22 928

14 658

3 050 63 812

3 212 788 2 715 1 573 920

Patients' relatives and friends

t

14

69

83

Other donors

}

25 453 70 501

IL.

British Military Hospital and other hospitals (other than QMH, QEH, PMH & PWH)

Blood Distributed (Units)

14

40

54

ΤΟ

39 130

1 487

Government hospitals

17 811 19 691

14 859

2 587

54 948

1 717

1 472

Govt.-assisted hospitals

2 547

1 343

221

4

4 120

5 327

Private hospitals

2 012

1 759

351

2

4 124

British Military Hospital

30

30

154

Unusable due to various causes

1 229

1 265

1 089

391

3 974

684

2 547

962

TABLE 71 WORK OF PUBLIC MORTUARIES 1983 AND 1984

5 390

12 301

184

961

79

4 970

1 719 10 457

Particular

Victoria

Kowloon

Total

1983

1984 1983 1984

1983 1984

Specimens

52

to

95

951

Total number of bodies received

1 224

521

Total number of autopsies performed

741

Number of bodies claimed for burial

1 161

180 166

45 446

1 246

Number of bodies unclaimed for

burial

63

1 137 3 713 3 598 4 937 4 735

668 2 593 2 437 3 334 3 105

1 100 3 468 3 378 4 629 4 478

37 245 220 308 257

10 260

139

Deaths due to natural causes

918

704 981

Deaths due to unnatural causes

306

854 2 749

283 964

2 712 3 667 | 3 566

886

1 270 1 169

Note Clinical Pathology Unit, PWH commenced service in May 1984.