"Recently the attention of the Chinese Consulate-General has been attracted to certain reports appearing.
the local press as to the violation of opium laws by Chinese nationals residing in the Philippines.
"On the one hand, the Chinese Consul-General has already called into conference responsible persons the leading Chinese organizations in Manila o form a committee to urge, through proper channels and with' appropriate methods, the Chinese in the Philippines not to become the victims of the opium evil; and, to provide ways and meane for' the unfortunate addicts to rid themselves of the habit, the other hand, as a definite warning to the opium traMokers and addicts, he would welcome the im-Position of the severest penalties according to law against those who are convicted by the courts."
In the cases reported recently in the press, Consul-General Young offered his full ce-operation for the deportation of those convicted accord ing to law if desired by the authorlties—Reuter, N.E.L. Liner Soon to Be Hospital Ship Batavia, Apr. 24.
According to reports from Australia <-where the crack Netherlands Iiner Oranje 1s now docking—the conver sion of the ner into a hospital ship {is proceeding most satisfactorily.
expected that the ship can be commissioned in the course, of the next few months,—Reuter. ple to make them tell of hidden slares of money=-403 eases were discharged as cured or improved. giving percentage of 85.73. 'The mortality this year was 620 per cent. and 50 per cent. of this was from' gunshot Wound cases (of the 36 deaths, 18 were due to gunshot wounds). Six per cent. of the cases were discharges against advice and 2.01 per cent. were unimproved.
"Total hospital days were 11,800. T4ad per cent. were partly paid (Ward), 686 per cent. were entirely free and 19 per cent. were fully puld Fifty, cents per day for ward present time is not enough for any' class of patients, especially for strgieal patients who need a lot of dressings and as the cost of living is going up so high that it is almost five times as much as before the war. If the ward patient were considered as a free case, then the perjeentage of free hospital days would be ineressed to 81 per cent.
"During this year 704 operations were performed excluding gynecological. obstetrical. and urological eases. Of the 704 operations, 20 pet cent. were abdominal, 6119 per cent minor. 152 per cent. blood transfusions, and 361 per cent. casts. Cystoscopic examinations are in-eluded in minor operations.
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