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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    teeth—2,965. The high proportion of extractions compared with fillings is partly explained by the fact that so many children seem to leave the health service after one or two six monthly periods and they are replaced by other children who have not previously had the benefit of dental treatment. If a higher proportion of children remained continuously in the health service throughout their school life, a greater proportion of fillings compared with extractions could be performed. 246. A summary of the dental work undertaken by the Government staff during 1952 is shown in Appendix 18. Pharmaceutical 247. This sub-department, under the charge of the Chief Pharmacist, had available to it, 4 pharmacists and 37 dispensers. This staff is responsible for the Central Medical Store and for the pharmacies in various departmental institutions. The number of institutions supplied by the Central Medical Store during the year was 136, an increase of 5 over the previous year’s total. The Central Medical Store functioned on the whole, very smoothly, although from time to time, difficulties did arise owing to the absence of a similar store in Kowloon. The store manufactures all intravenous fluids for the Depart¬ ment’s institutions with the exception of Queen Mary Hospital which manufactures its own requirements. In addition, many of the injections required in the Department’s institutions were manufactured in the Store. The following figures indicate the extent of the manufacturing function of the Central Medical Store: — 1951 1952 Bulk Intravenous Fluids—Litres . 19,648 30,192 Injections, various, in 20 ml. containers . 22,135 28,539 Bulk Ointment, lbs. .. 4,605 6,443 Bulk Mixtures, etc., concentrated, lbs. 283,230 304,195 248. The sub-department is responsible for the issuing of licences to, and the supervision of wholesale and retail dealers in pharmaceuticals. The number of licences issued during the