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(f) North Point Cunvalescent Home.

139.

Consists of a number of wooden huts with accommoda- tion for about 200 beda for convalescent cases from Queen Mary Hospital and Kowloon Hospital.

140. Owing to the poor structural condition of these huts, it was decided to close the hospital in May and patients were trans- ferred to Lai Chi Kok Hospital. A total of 272 enses were treated

during the period it remained open.

(0) Pelia Villas.

141.

Tuberculosis Sanatorium.

This Sanatorium consisted of a block of 9 converted houses. It was wall situated and had accommodation for 33 patients, but was not very suitable as a sanatorium. At the end of March 1948 the sanatorium was closed and the patients trans- ferred to Lai Chi Kok Hospital. A total of 77 patients were treated during the period it was open.

(h) St. John Hospital-Cheung Chou.

142. Government continued to maintain this hospital which was built by, and before the war was run by, St. John Ambulance Association. It has accommodation for 76 patients including 31 beds for tuberculosis cases and 12 maternity cases. A total of 1049 patients were treated in this hospital of which 663 were general cases, 69 were cases of tuberculosis and 317 were maternity

CASEN.

143. Attendances at the out-patienta were 5,129 new cases with a total attendance of 9,869.

144. The tuberculosis cases admitted to this hospital were convalescent cases needing a period of additional reat before completing their hospital treatment.

(1) Hong Kong Prison Hospital.

146. This hospital which is part of Stanley prison consists of three wards, each containing Iti bods and G isolation cells. There were 818 admissions to the hospital and the daily average prisoners in hospital was 46. 13,068 prisoners reported sick during the year.

The total number of prisoners admitted to the prison during the year was 18,446. There were 8 deaths of which 7 were due to pulmonary tuberculosis.

6) Tan Yuk Hospital.

146. This hospital containing 62 beds is the largest maternity hospital in the Colony. It has been constantly overcrowded during the year dealing with some 400 cases per month. Annexure K gives a summary of the cases dealt with during the year.

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(k) Gomenment Assisted Hospitals.

147. There are five of these hospitals which receive consider- able grants from Government. Three of them known us the Chinese Hospitals comprise the Tung Wab Hospital with 467 beds, the Kwong Wah Hospital with 340 beds and the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital with 230 beds. The other two assisted hospitals are Nethersole & Affiliated Hospital under the aegis of the London Mission Society with 181 beds and the Hong Kong Anti-tuberculosis Association's Ruttonjee Sanatorium with H15' beds which was opened on the 24th February, 1948.

The Chinese Hospitals.

148. These hospitals are under the control of a medicul committee consisting of members representing the Tung Walı Board of Advisers, the Tung Wah Board of Directors with the three Mediral superintendents under the Chairmanship of the Director of Medical Services.

149. They provide hospital treatment primarily for the sick and poor, but have a few private warda. The Nethersole Hospital.

150, The Nethersole Iospital enters in the main for patients who can pay a very small amount towards their treatment. The Ruttonjer Sanatorium

151. The Ruttanjee Sanatoriumö staffed by the St. Columbau Mission of Eire awong whom are registered doctors, nurses and pharmacists, caters for tuberculosis rases coly and all treatment is free. In general, early open cases are admitted and there is a close liaison between the Sanatorium doctors and the Government Tuberculosis clínic at the Harcourt centre which makes selection of this type of case possible. As this hospital was not open during the calendar year 1948, it will be excluded from all statistical reports.

Violet Peel Polyclinic.

152. The building which houses this clinic was a health centre before the war, but was badly damaged and looted during hostilities. Reconstruction and rehabilitation was completed in October, 1948 but in the meantime the Harcourt Health Centre, situated in the same neighbourhood, had made its reopening as a health centre superduous. It was therefore decided to use it partly as a polyclinic and partly as an ophthalmic hospital. The Polyclinie, the only lurge clinic of its kind in this area, was opened on the 1st November. Owing to staff difficulties it was necessary to postpone opening of the ophthalmic hospital, Weekly attend. ances at this Clinic grew from 725 for the first week to double this number by the end of the year.