(Summer Brings Big Number of Patients The statistics of the Lester Chinese Hospital for July indicate that hospital work has increased. very much during the summer months Which is the hospital's usual experlfence at this time of the year. The umber of out-patient visits and me patient bed-days shows an increase fof more than 10 per cent, over the figures for the previous month, while the number of emergency operations has also increased about 20 per cent. The statistics for the month show that there have been 17,177 out-patient visits, white new in-patient admissions total 985, The average number of persons fed per day was 450, The number of Sulelde eases among men dealt with during the month was 87, and among women, 62, 396 emergency operations were performed, The Shanghai Municipal Police brought in 470 cases to the hospital during the'month, white the French Municipal Police brought in 72 cases. Births at the hospital during the month totalled 20.
One distressing feature was the very heavy increase in the number of attempted suicide cases among women, the figures for July being 62 as against 48 for June, showing fan increase of 25 per cent. The favourite method adopted was taking opium, which at present can be obtained easily and cheaply Shanghai. Of the 2 cases brought in, however, only 12 proved. fatal, 1t'is now possible to buy suMeient opium for "50 cents to kill the average person, and the hospital expresses the hope that the authori ties will" redouble their efforts to make it more and more diMeult for the public to obtain supplies One especially sad ease brought to the hospital during the month was that of a young man of 20, 0 native of Nanking, who had to have both © arms and" legs amputated through T.B, Infection. 'The opera~ Yions, as far as can be ascertained, have' been successful and the has pital is hoping to supply him with artificial arms, so that he will be enabled to earn a living after being Gischarged. "These artificial limbs will be supplied free of charge, thanks to a large donation which was given to the hospital for this specific purpose some years ago by a. well Known British resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, is moored became damaged and with it went telephonic communications between the ship and the Landing Party headquarters. A convenient spot was chosen on the Bund easily visible from the decks of the Idzumo 0, that flag signals could be exchanged.
Late on Monday, after permission had been obtained from the Shanghai Municipal Council, a field telephone was installed between the root of the bank building and the barracks. Communications were therefore vesumed as messages wore transmitted by flag signals from the ship to the bank and thence by telephone to the Barracks, Yesterday, it was decided that the Bank of Taiwan building was unsultable as a point of contact and by noon It had removed. "A more favourable spot, the roof of the Yokohama Specie Bank, was chosen to maintain. this service until normal conditions. have been restored, and yesterday after~ noon the field' telephone was erected in its new position, NoC. Herald" Photo,
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