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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1930.

THE TUBERCULOSISI 1912 tuberculosis was made shown by his extremely illuminat

SCOURGE

PROVISION OF SANATORIUM URGED.

SANITARY BD, DEBATE. 4 have referred:

neifiable. Under the provisions Ing report I trust and hope that of the Public Health (Provention with his help and guidance tho nudsTreatment of Diseases) Act | Government will lose no time in 1918 and the National Insurance dealing with this matter, mad und Finance Acts of 1911 local 3 With thbne, rymarks I beg to authorities were given grants-in-move the motion standing in my nid by T ́y of encouragement, to nome, as followsland them to ake effective steps to |..., “That this, Board" "views – with" stamp out this disease.. I quote grave concern the increase of from page 200 of the book to which tuberculosis in the Colony" and rospectfully urges the Govern, ment to take prompt steps with a **A Clearing House."-

view to making due provision for Provision for the treatment on modern lines of persons suffering The Scheme set out in the the treatment of persons suffering from tuberculouis, by the arction interim Report of the Departmen-from such disease, including the of a proporly equipped Sanatorium, talCommittee on Tubercatosis provision of a properly equipped was strongly urged by Mr. M, K. (Cd. 6184) has been generally for Sanatorium.ALA

It Wong won tin Lo, supported by the Hon. Mr. Flowed. It laid down the principles P. Braga, at the fortnightly meet Ing of the Sanitary Board held yesterday.

the

Mr. M. K. Lo, in moving motion, anid:"

Bir-In connexion. with my work as Chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital last year, I was very much impressed by the fact that there did not appear to be any existing facilities for the treat ment of tuberculosis cases along modern lines. Thore werd numerous cases in the Tung Wah. which, on account of the lack of accommodation, it was found im- possible properly to sagregate. 1. Intended all along to bring this question before the Board for its! deliberation in the hope that something might be done.

Since I have laid down my office as director of the Tung Wah, I- have received a very interesting. booklet containing the Reports of the Medical and Sanitary Depart ments for the year 1928, From this book I have abstracted the following facts which are truly alarming:

that "the tuberculosis, dispensary seconding this motion as proposed should be the common centre for by Mr. Lo I quite concur with the the diagnosis and for the organiza-romarks made by him. A sana tion of the treatment of tuber torium in Hoogkong is an urgent culosis in cach, arca," and that it need. I think it is an adset to the should act as a clearing-house for Colony if not to the Far East. of sanatoria, hospitals, farm and be linked, up with “'n system colonies, open-air school, etc.

The fundtions of the tuber- culosis dispensity of which there are 483 443 of these being pro vided by Tocar authorities, are:

(1) Recolving house and centre

of diagnesio, (2) Clearing house and centre Det of observation..

(3) Centre of curative treat ment and supervision of domiciliary casen

(4) Centre for the examination

of contacts. (5) Centre for "after care." (6) Information burenu and

institutions

Educational Centre. There are 482 mainly or entirely. for pulmonary cases, of which 197 are sanatoria, the total available relative beds being 22,202, of which 14,438 are Respiratory diseases are non-in the sanatoria. The above notifiable: deaths from such gures include institutions main dlacases amounted to 5,866 fortained by local authorities as well 1928 as compared with the total es by voluntary support."" of 5,834 for 1927: as causes of death in the Colony they exceed any of the other causes, being as much as 40 per cent of the total deaths..

A Preventable Disease.

IN OTHER PLACES.

Hon. Mr. Braga - Supporta

The Motion.

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In supporting the motion tho Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga said:-The. motion before the Board is one regarding which there can be no * two opinions. The only question' on which opinions may be divided: is the financial aspect of the pro- posal. As regards that fenture" of the subject the Board, who are the advisors of the Government: In all that appertains to public health, need have no concern. That is a question for other minds to concern themselves. We must, therefore, confine ourselves to the point whether the time has arrived for the provision of a sanatorium for the unfortunate victims of tuberculosis in› Hongkong, many cogent reasons and so much plausible argument have been advanced by the mover-and the seconder of the resolution that it is difficult I may say almost I feel I can say without any fear impossible-for us to valg other- of contradiction that the Authori- wise than for the resolution. ties in Englend, realising that Versed In theory, and gifted in tuberculosis is a preventable dis-the practice of successful advo Tuberculosis on the Increase,

case, have in recent years adopted cacy, Mr. M. K. Lo has forceful- Nearly 6,000 deaths a year mean energetic and highly successfully put his case beyond dispute. that on an average 16 persons, dietion, which, of course, Involves its incontrovertible and it remains measures directed to Įta preven- | The authorities he quoten "hre every day from lung diseases in control and treatment. I submit for me to urge the case, briefly Hongkong, and this figure would, that the plain difference between for a sanatorium on grounds other of course, be increased if we were what is being done in England and than those so ably advanced by to bear in mind the fact, referred what is being done in Hongkong the mover of the resolution. to by the Hon. the Director of in this regard in the differenca Medical and Sanitary Services in between activity and inertia. his report,, that many Chinese am aware that the problem of would leave the Colony to die in Hongkong is complicated by its their native towns and villages ductuating population. But sure- when they feel that their end was ly this is not valid ground for that Hongkong le à progressivo Particularly at this season is Ovaltino doubly valuable approaching

the existing sfâto: of inertia,...”, Colony. I am one of the ex- living in Hong Kong. It helps, as nothing else can, to restore the

In Hongkong we have not a ponents. of progress. But in our of body and aurves, frayed and in down from the trying single sanatorium or any other most enthusiastic momenta we institution which pretends to deal cannot be so blind to the fact a Hong Kong Gummers it supplier just those nourishing food with tuberculosis cases as such that in the matter of public health giving the nervous vitality so necessary to enable everyone to enjoy the I noticed. In the reports of the and medical service, to be perfect present season. Medical and Sanitary Departments ly frank, we are striving in a that, in the opinion of the Medical sense to become, progressive, yet Ofeer of Health, this problem we are very much behind the domande urgent and special atten- times. Our principal hospital, is tion by the Government, especially antiquated.

The following table setting out the percentage of total deaths (Chinese) due to all forms of tuberculosis for the last ten years shows that this disease, so far from being checked, is actually on

the rise:

1919

1920

14% 16.9%

1921

16.2%

1922

1028

14.4% 13.5%

1924.

18.7%

1925

1926

1927

1928

15.8% 15.5% -14.6% 17,4%

According to the reports to which I have referred, the total of 17.4% is the highest yet recorded

In the Colony.

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After residing in Norway for choice of suitable sites on the three years, Mr. Chu returned to Kowloon hills, on the crest of ong

of providing a large sanatorium. By the last mall from Shanghai I am, of course, aware that the 1 received the report of a dinner Government, like every one of us, in the "Model Settlement" about ten has to keep its expenditure within days ago to the representatives of its income. But I cannot bring the Press when the aims of the myself to believe that a Colony board of directors of the Tsingtao which is rich enough, to be in a International Sanatorium What is the position in Eng-position to contemplate

outlined, from which I gather land? According to the book increase of official salaries that the croction of a modern sana- published by Mr. D. G. Bannington | amounting to over A million torium for victims of tuberculosis called "English Public Health Ad- dollars a year cannot find ways at Luushan, 50 miles from Tsing: ministration," in 1851, the death and means to introduce some bettao, was the principal aim of the from Tuberculosis was 3.5 per lor medical services in the Colony, directors. At the present time, China. Coming In contact with bf which, let us hope, the Hong- 1,000. From that time to 1907 the and thus to remove what I humbly sanatorium in housed in a three-Dr. C. C. Tang of the Peking kong Sanatorium will be bullt. rate was reduced to 1.6. Bince consider to be a great blot on storey building at Tsingtao, which Union Medical Hospital and Mr. T. and on which the unfortunate then the figures are'definitely and the fair name of the Colony as n as yet har not been opened. The F. Soong, Chinese lawyer at victims of tuberculosis can, look continuously on the decrcase. healthy place of residence.

sanatorium has been equipped Shanghal, he expressed his as the promised land" with now quote from Whitaker's

with modern medical apparatus desire to become identified with that ray of hope that under Ita Almanack for 1930, at page 883:

and will commence functioning the erection of a modern hospital benevolent roof, if no radical It seems to me that the time is next April.

for tubercular victims. The cure can be assured, alleviation Consumption and Chest Diseases,now opportune, for taking up this Bites in Kowloon.

sanatorium at Taïngtas resulted, at least of their sufferings can be Rate por mil question, because we are singu

and now Mr. Chu and his as obtained, stron flon living larly fortunate in having as the Mr. C. Y. Chu, it was stated, socintes are planning to erect a heartily support the moti

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Director of Medical and Sanitary is responsible for the movement to modern sunatorium at Laushan. before the Board, d Services, such highly qualined erect and equip a modern hospital - It is a happy coincidence, that Dr. Kocha Su expert on pabilo health as the Hon, for tubercular patients in China the sponsor of the Hongkong C Dr. A. R. Wokington, who has While attending St. John's Uni- Sanatorium scheme is also a - Dr. Koch sigaffed his already spent so much time in re-versity as a youth. Mr. Chu fell member of the legal profession of the resolution moved by at

+ viewing the whole quedion ng qud" a victim of the dread dissen's and. He can be confident of gaining but he waid "the unfortunate collating, the nices, fihto in entered a sanatorium in Norway, adherents to sa praiseworthy a thing was that previous

ne is: where he stayed a year and a half. Acheme." There is no end to the (Continued on Page

Year

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1922

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1929

32,097

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1924

32,690

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1927

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