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432. During the year a much needed new nurses home, Selwyn Clarke Nurses Home, was almost completed at the Kwong Wah Hospital.

433. The statistics for these hospitals are seen in the tables on pages 24 - 29 giving the data of in and out-patients treated in Government and Government assisted hospitals.

NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL

434. This hospital which is under the control of the Senior Missionary in Hong Kong of the London Missionary Society receives an annual grant from Government. During the year the accommodation for general patients has been increased to 146, and for maternity patients to 40. Both the numbers of in-patients admitted and numbers of births in the hospital during 1951 have been higher than ever before in the hospital's history.

435. The statistics for this hospital are seen on the tables on pages 24 - 29 giving the data of in and out-patients treated at Government and Government assisted hospitals.

RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM

436. This hospital which is operated by the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association also receives a subvention from Government. During the year the number of beds has been increased to 163, and an out-patient department has been built to serve as a "follow-up" clinic.

437. The statistics for this hospital are seen on the tables on pages 24 - 29 giving the data of in and out-patients treated at Government and Government assisted hospitals.

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V. SPECIAL SUB-DEPARTMENT

PHARMACEUTICAL

488. During the year medical supplies were issued to 131 Government institutions as against a total of 113 for 1950, Costs showed a sharp increase during this period, in many cases as high as 50% over the 1950 figures.

439. The new Central Medical Store was occupied in May 1951. These premises are a great improvement on the old store in the Fire Brigade Building, although not all the fittings and fixtures have been completed. With the installation of an electric tablet machine, large quantities of tablets have been made.

440. The production of sterile parenteral solutions has proceeded very satisfactorily. All such preparations for tise within the department are now produced at the Central Medical Store with the exception of those required for Queen Mary Hospital. With the installation of a new sterile-product room at Queen Mary Hospital, sufficient of these products to meet that hospital's needs are now made there. It has been possible to produce a satisfactory anti-coagulant solution for the storage of blood. The following figures are quoted for comparison:-

1950

1951

5,568 19,648

Bulk Intravenous Fluids: Litres

Injections, various, in 20 ml. bottles 12,428 22,135

441. The following figures showing issues of licences, etc., are tabulated with the corresponding figures for 1950.

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