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Report of the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, 10th January, 1905.
SIR, I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual Report for 1904 on the work done in the Government Civil and Maternity Hospitals, with the usual statistical tables.
No changes have occurred in the Medical, Clerical or Dispensary staffs.
NURSING STAFF.
Sister RENWICK resigned in April.
Sisters FRANKLIN and GORHAM proceeded on home leave in May and October. Sister SCHAFER was invalided from the service in August.
Sisters MILLINGTON and MAKER returned from home leave in June and October.
Sisters GOURLAY and SHELBOURNE proceeded on short leave in August and November.
Sister MILLINGTON proceeded in October to Victoria Hospital as Senior Sister vice Sister BARR resigned.
Sisters MOIR, YOUNG, JACOBS and ALLAWAY arrived from home to fill the various vacancies in February, June and November.
Wardmaster COOMBS joined from the Police in January.
Wardmaster MULROONEY left and was succeeded by Wardmaster LITTLEWOOD who shortly after resigned and was succeeded by Wardinaster DAWSON,
BUILDINGS.
The re-roofing of B. Block has been proceeded with throughout the year, slowly but surely, but the main building still remains to be done. The re-painting and colour-washing of the wards and outside of the hospital has also been done as far as B. Block.
The new operating theatre and the tiling of the lavatories and verandah are still works of the future, but one can only hope the future in their case is not a too far distant one as both improvements are much needed.
The modern aseptic furniture for the operating theatre has been sanctioned and I hope will soon arrive.
POLICE.
There were 707 admissions as against 759 in 1903 the strength being 935 as against 921, or 75.61 per cent. of the force were under treatment as compared with 82.41 per cent. in 1903, and 106.4 per cent, in 1902.
There were 12 Europeans, 89 Indians less and 49 Chinese more admitted as compared with last year. Average stay in hospital per mau was 9.2 days.
Table I gives the sick and mortality rate in percentage of strength for the last ten years.
The following Table gives the admissions and deaths from the various sec- tions of the force during the last ten years :-
YEAR.
EUROPEANS.
INDIANS.
CHINESE.
TOTAL ADMISSIONS.
TOTAL DEATHS.
1895
90
254
116
466
8
1896
94
370
124
588
14
1897
99
820
107
526
7
1898
87
279
122
488
19
1899
117
421
154
692
16
1900
183
622
215
920
4
1901
202
521
214
937
1902
150
479
307
936
2
1903
130
431
198
759
5
1904
118
342
247
707
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