778
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH MAY, 1899.
RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED
CHINESE COMMUNITY.
CAUSES.
BRITISH
AND
FOREIGN
COMMUNITY.
Civil.
Army.
Brought forward, (Group A.),... 90 22
General Diseases,—Continued.
B.-Diseases dependent on Specific External Agents.
(1)-Parasites.
Worms,
(2)- Poisons.
Mineral-Arsenic (accidental), Vegetable-Opium (suicide),..
39
(accidental),
(no evidence),. Chloral (accidental),
>>
""
(3)-Effects of Injuries.
Burns,
Scalds,
Sun-stroke,
Drowning,
Heat Apoplexy,
Hanging (execution),
(suicide),
Cut-throat (suicide),
Fracture of Skull,
Fractured Pelvis,.....
Compound Fracture of Foot,
29
Fracture and Dislocation of Neck,.
of Thigh and of Leg,
of Spine,
Shock following Injuries,.
VICTORIA.
HEALTH DISTRICT.
Navy.
No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
1 1
"
from Wounds,
from Fall,
31
"
Splenectomy,.
Operation,
Electric Shock,
Intra-Cranial Hemorrhage,
Hæmorrhage from Lung (old wound of
chest),
Hemorrhage-Rupture of Arteries of
Calf,
Hemorrhage-Rupture of Liver,
Multiple Injuries,
Injury to Head,
Internal Injuries to Abdomen,
Injuries at Birth,
Rupture of Spleen,
of Uterus,
Wounds of Scalp,
Gun-shot Wounds of Chest (raurder),.
Amputation of Leg,........
Gangrene of Leg (traumatic),
Neglect after Birth,.
Exposure,
Asphyxia,....
Concussion of Brain,
10
5
:
No. 9.
No. 10.
Unknown.
Peak.
Harbour.
92 389 77 164 157 100 108 138 228 115 46 4 156
I
3
1
16
Carried forward, ( General Diseases),... 107 23
:
1
3
:
:
N
1
1
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀*
4 3 16
00
8 97 394
:
10
5
Ni
2 2
3
...
"
1
10
:
:
:
1
3 17 9 4
:
A:
4
83162 163 105 113 157 240 120 46
**
38
1
1
:
47
4 207