Treated More than fifteen thousand patients were treated at the Lester Chinese Hospital during May, it was revealed fon June 26 when the monthly report of the hospital was made public, Four hundred and six patients were ad~ mitted to the wards during the month, while the average number of persons fed per day was 480. Attempted suicides formed a large proportion of the eases dealt with yy the medical staff, there being no fewer than men' and 51 women admitted to hospital after trying to take their lives. A' summary of the month's working follows:
Number of Number of Number of per day sao Number of "aiieinpiedl "suieides—
Buber of outpatient Sperations iispaiient opera 3 pai "als jumper "of in dent Sharghal Atumielpat pole". umber canes rout Rumber of preseripiions oise Smee OE BIE a orcnreeiss white the above statistics show that tient Increased
ano out-patient work was about the Sime 25 during Apri, there has been Sven considerable increase fu in-pollents, and the number of inpatient Boeratigns was neatly double that of The previous month, The number of Fadiographs taken has Increased from 244 to 404 this being due to the increased number of in-patients. The number of cases brought by the Shanghai Municipal Police and the Chinese Munlelpal Police has also practically doubled, There has again. been a Fegrettable increase Inthe number of attempted suicides by women, the increase being about 25 per cent, Relapsing fever continues, Whilst (uphold eases are definitely The twenty-fifth graduation service of the hospital's School of Nursing took place on Tuesday, May 25, when the Acting Mayor, Air. O. KK, Yul, delivered a very encouraging address. 'The acting Mayoress, Mrs. Yul, kindly prevented the diplomas to the nurses Who had graduated. The whole ceremony was a very bright and helpful one and accorded well with the Silver Jubilee, the hospital's School of Nursing' being both the oldest and largest in China, It is with much rouret that the hospital authorities have to record the loss by death of two visiting doctors, who have been connected with the hospital for many years, during which period they "have rendered valuable and appreciated assistance. Dr, W. S, Now and Pro= fessor A. Bary both died during May and the hospital wishes to extend its sincerest condolences to their families.
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