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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    253. The staff available consisted of the Government Pathologist, three Pathologists, a Senior Laboratory Technician and fifteen Laboratory assistants. 254. Pressure on pathological resources continued to in¬ crease and, owing to insufficiency of staff, the sub-department was not on every occasion, able to meet the ever-increasing demands for services from other sub-departments. The total number of specimens examined in 1952 was 214,026 as compared with 207,646 in the previous year. 255. An important function of the Pathological Institute was the preparation of vaccine lymph and other vaccines. The following table indicates the volume of this work: — TABLE 5 Vaccine Vaccine prepared issued Anti-smallpox vaccine . . 55,510 ml. 29,580 ml. „ cholera yy . . — 391,750 „ „ T.A.B. yy . 64,800 „ „ plague yy . . — 4,660 „ „ rabic „ (2%) . . 85,400 ,. 82,080 „ yy yy (4%) . .. 59,240 „ 54,760 „ „ rinderpest yy .. • . 94,530 81,930 „ Diluted tuberculin . . 46,500 „ 46,500 „ Grand Total . . 341,180 „ 756,060 „ 256. The examinations undertaken by the sub-department during the year are summarized in Appendix 19 and a summary of the work carried out in the public mortuaries is set forth in Appendix 20. Chemical Laboratory 257. This institution is under the care of the Government Chemist who had the assistance of 4 qualified chemists and a total staff of 16. It undertakes analytical and consulting chemical work for all Government Departments and a very considerable amount of similar work for the Services, public bodies and the commercial community. Non-government work is charged for according to a prescribed tariff.