172. These figures indicate that, despite the not inconsider- able cost of the procedure, the annual radiographic survey pays material dividends in reduced commitments for sickness.
173. With regard to private firms, approximately 30 made use of the facilities offered. The number of employees in each firm varied from 6 to 1,400 and below are set forth the details of employers examined.
Total number X-rayed
Total number examine) at the clinics
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hospitals and of in-patients treated during the year are shown in Appendices 9 and 10. Details of in-patients in Government and Government assisted hospitals during the year are shown in Appendix 11 classified according to the International Standard Classification (Intermediate List of 150 causes).
Government Hospitals
176. Government maintains 2 general hospitals equiped to deal with acute cases and emergencies and, in addition, 2 materity hospitals, 2 infectious disease hospitals, a venereal disease hospital for women, a mental hospital and 2 prison hospitals. Brief reference to each of these hospitals is made
7,771
1.182
ト
Number failed to attend when called
20
Number suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis Fercentage of those examined found to have active
tuberculosia
137
below.
1.70%
174. The number of inmates of Stanley Prison who were X-rayed during the year was 8,574 and it was found necessary for 229 of this number to be isolated in a special section of the prison for further investigation. The total number of prisoners admitted to the tuberculosis ward in the prison hospital was 59.
IV. HOSPITALS
Introduction
175. There are in the Colony 26 general and special hospitals, excluding 8 hospitals maintained by the Military and Naval Authorities for their own personnel, providing a total of 4,508 beda. These institutions vary in size from 12 beds to 687 beds. Government owns and operates 11 of them and provides sub- stantial financial assistance to 6 others operated by voluntary organizations. The remaining 9 hospitals are entirely in- dependent and receive no financial assistance from Government. The number of beds available in the Government hospitals is 1,865, in the Government-aided hospitals 1,663 and in the private hospitals 990. Details of the category of beds available in these
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Queen Mary Hospitul.
177. This is the Colony's largest and most important medical centre. It is situated at the western end of Hong Kong Island, some 3 miles from the centre of Victoria in semi-rural sur- roundings. The fine 7-storied hospital building was completed in 1938 and it accommodates 587 beds. It is the teaching hospital for the Medical Faculty of the University of Hong Kong and it houses Government's main nurses training school. The radiodiagnostic and therapeutic department is the main centre in the Colony for this work and is well equipped with modern devices including a Telecurie Therapy Apparatus (Cobalt bomb).
178. There is a medical staff of 40, and, in addition, there are 26 house officers. Excluding the house officers, only just ever 50% of the medical staff are Government officers, the re- mainder being provided by the Medical Faculty of the University.
179. Although this institution is the most important of its kind in the Colony there are important deficiencies in its facilities not least important of which is in the operating theatre suites. Today the vast majority of cases treated are suffering from acute conditions and the operating theatre facilities are under grenter pressure than was perhaps visualized when the hospital was
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