Chinese Hospital shows an increase of out-patients treated in the month compared with July, although the inpatient department had fewer admissions than the previous month. Industrial accident cases treated by the hospital numbered about the same, however, being considerably reduced when compared with June. This may indicate curtailed industrial activity in Shanghai.
The statistics show that 18,174 outpatient visits were made during the month, 244 of these being operated on in the hospital. Over 8,000 inpatient bed-days are recorded, the in-patient admissions totalling 378, and 165 operations were performed on these patients. Attempted suicides sent to the Lester Hospital numbered 28 men and 54 women, other persons sent by the Shanghai and French Municipal Police for treatment totalling 366, Free prescriptions to the number of 18,552 were dispensed during August, and 702 X-ray examinations made. Of the out-patient visits, 1,667 were free.
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