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Vaccinations.-Vaccinations were performed during the year:-

Successful. Unsuccessful. Total.

Primary Cases,......

169

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170

Re-vaccinations,.......

183

187

370

540

Fees. The total fees received during the year in the Medical Department was:-

Hospital Fees, Certificates,

$33,619.58 510.00

$34,129.58

Buildings. These were maintained in repair, and several of the wards were repainted and colourwashed. The hospital was lighted with electricity during the

year, a much needed improvement.

LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

Tables IX and X give the admissions and deaths during the year and the diseases from which the patients were suffering.

There were 30 more admissions than in the previous year, and at times it was with difficulty that the hospital could accomodate all who were brought in.

MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

Table XI gives the admissions and deaths during each month of the year. There were 67 admissions as against 54 in 1901.

There were no fatal cases.

Nineteen were wives of Government Servants, 35 Private Paying and 13 Free. Twenty-eight were Asiatics.

A scheme was instituted in 1902 for training Chinese women to act as mid- wives. There are already two Chinese women undergoing this training.

GAOL.

The following Table gives the number of admissions to the Gaol and the daily average number of prisoners during the past ten years:-

Total No. of Admissions

to the Gaol.

Daily Average No. of Prisoners.

1893,.

4,010

458

1894,

3,913

455

1895,

5,014

472

1896,

5,582

514

1897,.....

5,076

462

1898,

5,427

511

1899,

4,789

· 434

1900,

5,432

486

1901,

5,077

499

1902,

5,988

576

The new Gaol Hospital was occupied from the 11th June.

TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

The admissions were 413 less than in 1901, due to the smaller number of plague cases admitted,

The population of these under European treatment is slightly larger than in 1901, the figures for the last three years being :-

Chinese Treatment.

57.7 per cent.

1900,.. 1901.. 1902,..

77

European Treatment. .32 per cent. .....30.4

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