Opened this Week The re-opening took place on Sunday afternoon of vwo very useful summer diseases hospitals—the Red Cross Society's Summer Diseases Hospital, 316 Tientsin Road, and the Infectious Diseases Hospital, 545 Thibet Road, opposite the Great World. A large number of guests visited the two institutions and expressed their satisfaction at the arrangements which had been made with a view to combatting summer diseases among the Chinese residents of Shanghai.
Among those who visited the institutions were Drs. B. H.
Stanley Aylward, New Way-ling, New Way-sung, ©. Yoong-ping Yui, J. Petit, Messrs. Chuang Teh-tze, Wang Tpo-yin, Hsu Yuan, Yang Tcheng, Sung Ting-zung, Wang Yi-ting, Chun Bing-him, Chu Pao-san, Sze Liang-tsai, Tau Yao-ting, Cheng Ping-chi, Wong Chen, Chuang Lao, Miss H. D. Lin, m.p., Miss A. M. Wong, m.p., and Miss Anderson.
Showing the useful work done by the two hospitals some figures for last year may be offered. In the Red Cross Society's Summer Diseases Hospital 1,009 patients were treated, of whom 525 were cholera patients, who received saline transfusion; 137 were treated for cholera without transfusion; and 266 were treated for diarrhea. In addition to these 2,988 out-patients were treated. The figures for the In-factious Diseases Hospital show a total of 2,590 patients treated, of whom 1,836 were serious cases and 754 were light cases.
On the staff of the Red Cross Society's Hospital are four doctors, including Dr. Aylward, who is visiting physician, and six nurses, two being young ladies. Two resident doctors and 10 voluntary medical workers form the staff of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, these being assisted by eight nurses—four male and four female. The num; Ler of nurses can be increased: when the number of patients makes this necessary.
The Red Cross Society's Hospital has between 80 and 100 beds, and the Infectious Diseases Hospital 140, These beds ara distributed into different classes—firsi, second and third.
The sanitary arrangements in both hospitals are excellent, par= ticularly considering the rex stricted accommodation in the Red Cross Society's Hospital.
Hopes have been expressed that' the iwo hospitals may be linked) up together next year in order that they might come under and Board and the work ce-ordinated. We understand that these hopes are likely to be realized and thai the hospitals, useful work as they
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