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Active Tuberculosis

Departments

1949-50

1951-62

Government Scores

F.W.D.

G.P.O.

2.18

1.36

2.2

1.11

1.74

1.11

1.4

0.9

1.05

0.9

0.0

0.78

0.7

* 1.83

0.66

0.56

0.18

• 1.32

Medical

Marine

Urban Council

K.C.R.

Police

Education

The overall incidence of active discase was found to be

0.98%

217. One hundred and fifty-nine of these cases were admitted to hospital for treatment during 1951 and 293 were kept under supervision at the clinics.

218. The overall drop in percentage of active cases from 1.13 to 0.98 and the discovery of 68 new cases of active disease fully justified this survey. What cannot be easily recorded

* The two departments annotated thus show a marked increase over the previously recorded percentages. K.C.R's total examined increased from 568 to 763 which may necount for the increase. Particularly disturbing is the rise in the figures recorded for the Education Department but investigation has shown that the high figure is made up principally of non-teaching staff. The General Post Office which was the subject of a special report and investigation following the previous survey has shown a marked drop in the figures for active disease although the quiescent cases necessarily remain high.

statistically at this stage is the difference in the type of case being found. While the advanced cases must continue to remain on the books until they are, for one reason or another, written off, the new cases coming forward are much less extensive and with better prognosis, likely to yield more satisfactorily to treatment in a shorter period, a considerable advantage not only to the unfortunate individual but also to the employing authority and to the tuberculosis' problem as a whole.

III. HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL

219. This modern and well equipped hospital is the largest in the Colony.

220. It has 574 beds for the treatment of all types of cases other than infectious diseases.

221. It serves as the teaching hospital for the Hong Kong University Medical Faculty and it maintains a Nursing Training School.

222. The work done by the hospital during the year has continued to expand in relation to previous years each depart- ment recording an increase in the number of patients treated,

223. The medical staff totals 36 full time doctors-about half of whom are employed by the Hong Kong University; in addition, there are 10 House Officers.

224. Nursing staff at present numbers 173 of which 37 are Nursing sisters, 110 nurses, and 26 dressers-a nursing stuff/ patient ratio of 1: 3.3,

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