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162. During the year visits to do X-ray work were paid to the Kwong Wal Hospital and the Toug Wah Eastery Hospital and for port of the time screening work was done at the Harcourt Tuberculosis Clinic. Deep X-ray therapy was not available during the year but a small quantity of radium recovered from Japan was in constant use,

163. A miniature X-ray outfit, the property of the Hong Kang Anti-tuberculosis Association, was used at the Queen Mary Hospital for surveys and routine chest work.

161. The Physiotherapy department is under the administra- tion of the Government Radiologist and a summary of the work done is set out below:-n

Government Servants

Familles

School children

General Public

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TABLE 27

Harcourt Health

Centre

Kowloon Hospital

Sai Ying Pun Hospital

531

406

1.085

317

235

932

4.153

1.570

541

289

2.820

6.058

TABLE 26

In- patients

Treatments

Out- patients

Treatments

Kowloon Hospital

284

Queen Mary Hospital

404.

2.157

3.522

1,500

779

14.124

7.075

Royal Naval Hospital

Cases

205

2.458

VN-DENTAL CLINICS.

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166. There are three Government Dental Clinics. Sai Ying Pun Health Centre, one at Ilarcourt Health Centre and me at the Kowloon Hospital. Owing to shortage of staff only one of these centres, that at Sai Ying Pun was working full time, but during the latter part of the period under review whole tima dentists became available and all three clinics were în full operation.

166. The dental facilities available were quite inadequate to deal with all the demands made on them. The work was con- centrated on certain groups. In the first group were Government servants and their families who were entitled to conservative trepl- ment as well as extractions. In the second group were the children included in the schools medical service who were entitled to extractions only, but with the appointment of a whole time dentist at the Harcourt Health Centre some conservative work for these children became possible. The third group consists of a small number of members of the general public who were in urgent need of dental treatment. Table 27 shows the total number of visits paid by these different categories in all clinics.

5.200

5.031

9.518

167. Two Dental Inspectors were employed during the year to inspect premises of registered dentists and investigate cases of un-registered dental practice. A number of police prosecutions resulted.

VIII-PHARMACEUTICS.

168. Mr. T. P. Mahon arrived in the Colony in January 1948 as chief pharmacist replacing Mr. 1. 4. Morley who had retired.

169. During the year 8 institutious were supplied from twoH distributing dispensaries, one in Hong Kong and one in Kowloon. 170. Au excellent surgical instrument repair service has been built up by the Stores department and a large number of un- serviceable instruments have been repaired.

171. Supplies from the United Kingdom have been slow to arrive and in some cases without any apparent reason. Much surgical equipment ordered more than two years ago is still outstanding.

172. In October 1947 a Streptomycin Committee was appointed with the Senior Medical Officer as Chairman, and 8 wemberg representing the University and the Government,

173. This Committee controlled the treatment of all cases receiving streptomycin in Government institutions, and was responsible for the selection of the cases and the standardising of records. In March 1949 cases requiring treatment with strepto- mycin in the Ruttonjee Sanatorium also came under the control of this Committee as the Streptomycin was obtained from Govern- sources. 164 nased in all have been treated by this

ment

Committee.