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279. There were 13 stillbirths and 27 neo-natal deaths, giving a stillbirth rate of 5.7 per thousand and a neo-natal death rate of 11.8 per thousand.

280. The number of admissions to this hospital created a new record since the hospital was first opened, and indeed many patients had to be turned away. In addition to this, the stay in hospital of normal cases was reduced from 5 to 3 days.

ST. JOHN HOSPITAL, CHEUNG CHAU

281. This hospital of one hundred beds, which is the property of the St. John Ambulance Association, is being administered by Government under a five year agreement. It serves a large territory, Patients, apart from those of Cheung Chau and the floating population, come for treatment from all the villages on southern Lantau, Pingehau and the neighbouring islands.

282. The year 1951 was a crowded one. There was an all round increase in the total number of inpatients and outpatients treated as is indicated by the following figures:-

Total number of inpatients

Total number of outpatients

Maternity cases

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1951

1,657

1950

1,193

24,366

412

18,133

319

285. The total admissions to the prison during the year 1951 was 7,405, all of whom were examined by the Medical Officer.

286. The following principal diseases were found amongst prisoners on admission to prison:

Chronic tuberculosis

Chronic opium smokers

Skin diseases

Venereal diseases

112

1,873

803

497

On admission to prison, 78 prisoners were admitted direct to the hospital, 346 were found unfit to perform any labour, and 410, being unable to carry out hard labour, were put to half labour.

287. All prisoners were inoculated against cholera in Summer, and every prisoner vaccinated against smallpox on admission.

288. The total admissions to the hospital during the year 1951 was 1,136: the daily average being 37. Of these patients:

771 were general cases.

infectious cases.

tuberculosis cases.

mental cases.

283. The beds in the tuberculosis wards were increased from The tuberculosis cases were in a convalescent stage

31 to 42. and no special treatment was given to them.

STANLEY PRISON HOSPITAL

284. This hospital which is incorporated in the prison itself. hus 3 wards of 16 beds each, and 6 isolation cells.

264

76

26

289. The total number of prisoners reporting sick was 53,198, the daily average being 145.

290. 15 deaths occurred in the hospital, representing 0.2% of the total admissions to prison.

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