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TUNG-WA HOSPITAL.
The number of cases admitted to this Hospital during the year was 2,050 or nearly 250 less than were admitted last year, of these 1,011 died. In 1888 there were 2,298 of whom 1,428 died.
Of the 2,050 cases admitted this year 306 were moribund. As I have before remarked a Chinaman can seldom be induced to go into Hospital until he is in the last extremity or is absolutely destitute.
Four cases were admitted into the Small-pox Ward, of these 2 died.
tion.
2,494 vaccinations were performed successfully by the Public Vaccinator attached to this institu-
The number of out-patients treated was 144,864.
LOCK HOSPITAL.
This establishment is still in the same two houses, pending the building now in progress to accommodate the Hospital Staff.
The attendance of the women at the Hospital is the same as last year, the number who voluntarily submitted to examination and the number of examinations made are the same as last year.
The compulsory examination ceased September 1st, 1887.
The following table gives the number of examinations made in the past five years and the amount of disease found.
1889,
1888,
1887*,
1886,
1885,
YEAR.
No. of WOMEN ON REGISTER.
No. of EXAMINATIONS EVERY WOMAN
No. OF EXAMINATIONS.
DEFECT
DISEASE
IN
MADE.
ATTENDING
ONCE A WEEK.
ATTENDANCE.
FOUND AND
HEALED.
269
10,924
13,988
3,064
83
269
10,924
13,988
3,064
66
272
12,223
14,344
1,765
143
272
13,425
14,344
919
414
272
13,532
14,344
812
416
This table shews there was a great deficit in the examinations in 1887 the last four months' attendance being voluntary.
In the next two years the deficit in attendance is nearly doubled.
There were a few more that stayed in Hospital this year and there were not many refusals of those who submitted and were found diseased. It must be remembered that for some days every month a woman is not in condition to be examined. In the compulsory lines a mark was placed against her name on the Board hung up in the house she belonged to till that condition was removed. Hence there must always be a deficit in the number of examinations calculated by the week and those that can be made. The deficit used to be within bound in hundreds; now it is thousands.
Still' even under these conditions something is done, but of course it is not the same as under compulsion. These figures speak for themselves.
There is an increase of disease all round.
Military Hospital an increase of 51 admissions compared with last year.
Naval Hospital an increase of 105.
Police Hospital an increase of 19.
Civil Hospital an increase of 64.
Table E gives the numbers of these different Hospitals for the last four years for comparison. Out of the 452 Military cases 72 contracted constitutional disease. See Table E 3.
Out of the 349 Naval cases only 10 contracted constitutional disease in Hongkong and 20 else- where. See Table E 2.
Though still comparatively low the disease for which compulsory examination was employed with a view of stumping it out is slowly and surely increasing both in numbers and severity.
Every encouragement is given to the women to come to the Hospital and no compulsion what- ever. If I were permitted to give certificates to the women who are clean I think more would come but this also is forbidden. Many come because I give them prescriptions as out-patients or orders for admission to the Civil Hospital for other disease not connected for venereal diseases, and some attend as out-patients for venereal disease.
HEALTH OF THE COLONY.
The number of deaths and percentage among the Foreign Residents of Hongkong is the lowest for the last six years.
* September 1st, 1887-The compulsory attendance was abolished.
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