THE VICKET PEEL HEALTH DENTA
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The older type of General Out-polient Clinie nambining several suručivo zornicra.
of booked cases, all of whom received ante-natal supervision, the mortality rate was only 0.77 per thousand. The 155 deliveries of non booked cases were all emergencies and it is not surprising that the mortality amongst them was somewhat higher, but even so it was gratifyingly low. There were no deaths from puerperal sepsis, 3 of the 7 deaths were due to toxaemia of pregnancy, 2 to hemorrhage, and 2 to associated diseases. There were 24 cases of eclampsia but only 1 death, giving a case fatality rate of 1.2%, the lowest figure on record in this institution. The other Government Maternity Hospital is the Eastern Maternity Hospital which originated many years ago as a private enterprise of the local Kai Fong. Since the war it has become a Government Hospital. It is a small 24 bed hospital also extremely badly housed in unsuitable premises by modern standards but again the quality of work done is most satisfactory. During the year 2,662 patients were admitted with 2,478 deliveries and only 2 fatalities, giving a maternal mortality rate of 0.8 per thousand which is comparable with the best rate at the much better equipped Tsan Yuk Hospital. A valuable addition to the maternity service of the Colony was made during the year when the new Obstetrical and Gynaecolo- gical wing of the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital was opened by His Excellency the Governor. This hospital, operated by the London Mission Society and assisted financially by Government, has long been famous in the Colony particularly for the excellence of its maternity services and the outstanding quality of training given to nurses and midwives therein. It also provides surgical and medical services and has a busy out-patient department. The new wing accommodates 110 beds of which 70 are for maternity and 40 for gynaecological cases.
Infectious Disease Hospitals.
80. The Government maintains 2 hospitals for the treat- ment of infectious diseases, mainly diphtheria, typhoid, and the dysenteries, one on either side of the harbour. Neither hospital can be said to be entirely suitable for the purpose as they were not designed to fill this particular need. The Sai Ying Pun Infectious Disease Hospital is housed in very old and dilapidated
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