Government Civil Hospital in Sai Ying Pun (2)

In the early days, Chinese people mostly lived in three-storey tonglau (tenement buildings) along Queen's Road West. The Government Civil Hospital, which can be seen on the hill, offered Western medical services to citizens. However, Chinese people were generally unfamiliar with and sceptical about Western medicine, and seldom sought medical advice from the hospital. This photograph was taken in circa 1910s.