OF the total number of 268 deaths occurring in the hospital, 106 died 24 hours after admission to the hospital and this alone indicates with what difficulties the staff had to cope due to the fact that in most cases the children are only brought fo the hospital when their ailments have made vast progress. There was a high rate of mortality during ithe first few months of operations but this was mainly due to the poor conditions existing in the various efuyce camps where the patients had lived.
Financially, the hospital depends entirely on support from organiza-ions and individuals, donations com= ing mainly from the o.ganizations which make regular contributions and which have thus enabled the Board of Directors to fix a monthly budget of $3,000. The total expenditure for the year has been $36,225.19 of which about one third was' spent on salaries. Considering, however: that there are some 24 doctors, mossi of whom devote all their time to the work in the hospital, and that particularly in a C! ildren' hospital large nursing staff is required, this amount is very reasonable, Malnutrition was the worst enemy which doctors and nurses had {0 face, according to the annual report, whilst 38 per cent, of all' patients suffered from infectuous diseases such as tuberculosis, dysentery, type hoid and whooping cough. Most the work was medical, only 39 minor operations having been performed throughout the year under review.
'Support from Shanghai residents and organizations is being solicited in the report, as the fulure of the hospital must' be secured until such time as condition will permit its closing.
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