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VI.—HOSPITALS & DISPENSARIES.
123. Annexure I gives a summary of the cases treated in the Government and Government assisted hospitals, clinics and dis- pensaries.
124. Annexure J shows cases trented at Government and Government assisted hospitals and the total deaths in the Colony for 1947 and 1948 by diseasen.
(a) Queen Mary Hospital.
125. This is the largest hospital in the Colony containing 550 beds. The Royal Navy which occupied part of the upper two floors moved to their own hospital on 14th January, thus releasing the whole hospital for civilians for the first time since the re-occupation of the Colouy, The Hong Kong University reorganized ita clinical units with the appointment of a Professor of Surgery in August and a Professor of Medicine in October. Apart from the University work the main mass of patients admitted at the Hospital were eniergencies of all kinds, areidents, police cases and Government serrauts.
126. There is no general out-patient department at this hospital which is situated four miles out from the centre of the town but a large out-patient clinic held at Sai Ying Pun is directly linked with it and special clinics are held there by the staff of the Queen Mary Hospital.
127. All admissions to the hospital are screened by the Almoners Department as to their ability to pay fees and where necessary their bore conditions are investigated and additional food or other assistance provided.
138. Private consultations with members of the staff for both Government servants and the general public are arranged through The Almonera Department.
129. During the year 7,099 in-patients were treated of which 760 were maternity cases. There was a total of 440 deaths. 4.268 operations were performed,
130. Physical examination of Governinent servants for employment to the permanent establishment number 2,271 for new appointments and 154 for confirmation to the permanent establish- ment.
(b) Kuurloon Hospital.
131. This hospital consists of 182 beds and is the emergency hospital for the mainland and, with the exception of the University cases, deals with similar cases to those at the Queen Mary Hospital. During the your a special block was built containing 15 beds for patients in police custody. The whole hospital was rehabilitated for the first time since the reoccupation and the last traces of the war years have been removed.
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132. Owing to the rapid growth of the Colony, the hospital is now quite inadequate for the needs of the mainland and in the latter part of the period under review, plans were made for placing 80 beds at Lai Chi Kok Hospital at the disposal of the staff of the Kowloon Hospital. During 1948 5,025 in-patients were treated including 1,862 maternity cases with 208 deaths two of which were maternity cases. 1,761 operations were performed,
18. There is a large out-patient department attached to the hospital where a total of 68,522 cases attencoal,
(e) Mental Hospital.
134. This hospital has arronituotation for 123 patients. The average number of in-patients was 95. Out of 182 putients treated, 201 were dischargeil, 140 were transferred to Canton and 23 died. By agreement with the Canton authorities enses were transferred to the Canton Municipal Mental Hospital where thuse who have had more than 3 months residence in Hong Kong are supported by the Hong Kong Government.
135. The building is old and in unsuitable surroundings but hns been rehabilitated throughout and with the appointment of a psychiatrist in October, in take charge of it, considerable advance has been made in the treatment available for the patients,
(a) Sai Ying Pun Hospitud.
136. This hospital continued to be used na the infections disenser hospital on the Island with accommodation for 100 beds capable of being increased to 150. A total of 657 capes were treated during the year and of these 88 died.
187. In the same compound though not associated with the infections diseuses hospital in the Sai Ying Pun Dhut-patiout department. A total of 80,754 new cases were treated in the department with a total of 157,105 attendances.
(e) Lai Chi Kok Hospital.
138. This hospital consists of two sections. The lower sectiou with 290 beds is used as an infectious diseases hospital and for tuberculosis cases, the upper block containing 180 beds is used partly for convalescent cases from Kowloon and Queen Mary Hospitals and partly as an anues to the Kowloon Hospital. This arrangement of beds became possible in the latter part of the period under review as a result of extensive repairs to the building. During the year a total of 1,324 cases were treated in the hospital made up as follows:
260 infectious disease cases.
339 Tuberculosis cases.
725 General cases.
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