§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Secretary of State for War what is the maximum number of patients that can be accommodated at the Hong Kong military hospital; what were the maximum and minimum numbers accommodated in 1920; and what arrangements are made elsewhere, if any, for convalescent patients?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe maximum number of patients that can be accommodated at the military hospital, Hong Kong, is 6 officers and 160 other ranks, but only 4 beds for officers and 122 beds for other ranks are at present equipped. The highest number of patients accommodated on any one day during 1920 was 64 in May, and the lowest number was 25 in December. I am not aware of the arrangements at present existing for convalescents in Hong Kong, but inquiries are being made. Prior to the War the Sanatorium barracks were used as a convalescent centre.