Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong.

  • Hong Kong. Medical Department.
Date:
[1953]
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Credit: Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. Work on the Leper Settlement on Hay Ling Chau progressed so well that it was possible to transfer there at the end of September, 1952, all the lepers from the temporary settlement on Hong Kong Island. The Settlement is proving a satisfactory institution and is being efficiently organized and run by the Hong Kong Auxiliary of the Mission to Lepers. Financial grants are given to the Mission by the Hong Kong Government. 7. The foundation stone of the new Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital was laid by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent in October, 1952. This new hospital of 200 beds will cater primarily for the poor of the Colony. Funds for the construc¬ tion and equipping of the hospital were generously provided by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. 8. In December 1952, a small hospital and dressing station was opened at the site of the new reservoir at Tai Lam Chung, New Territories, for the benefits of labourers who are working on the new Dam. 9. A clinic was opened in March 1953, in the new block of Police Quarters in Kowloon, for the police and their families. A doctor and nurse are in full time attendance. 10. During the period under review, two Blood Banks for the collection, storage, and distribution of blood were opened at the Queen Mary Hospital and Kowloon Hospital. The local branch of the British Red Cross did excellent work in the collection of blood from a panel of volunteer donors for these two blood banks, which distribute the blood free to any hospital requiring it for emergency cases. 11. During the year it has been found possible to provide limited ophthalmological, dental, maternal and child health and social hygiene facilities for the inhabitants of the rural areas of the New Territories. 12. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund and the World Health Organization continued to provide assistance on the following projects: —