THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JULY, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 431.
The following Report of the Principal Civil Medical Officer for 1898 is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th July, 1899.
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J. H. STEWAart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 185
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, 9th May, 1899.
SIR,-I have the honour to forward, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the Annual Report of the Medical Department for the year 1898.
2.
MEDICAL Staff.
Name of Officer.
Date of first Appointment under Government.
Leave taken in 1898.
Offices held in 1899.
Name of Acting Officer.
Full Pay.
Half Pay.
Dr. J. M. Atkinson,
6th August, 1887.
Principal Civil Medical Officer.
2 months and 7 days.
Dr. J. A. Lowson,
G. P. Jordan,
"
17th August, 1888.
Health Officer of Port.
J. A. Lowson,
1st Nov., 1889.
1 month and 22 days.
Dr. J. Bell.
F. W. Clark,
"
14th Sept., 1895.
"
J. Bell,
,, J. C. Thomson,
1st June, 1896.
Medical Officer, Infectious Hospitals, and Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer.
Medical Officer of Health.
Medical Officer, Lunatic Asylums, Assistant Su- perintendent Govt.
Civil Hospital,
and Actg. Principal Civil Medical Officer.
1st January, Visiting Surgeon to Tung
1897.
Wa Hospital and Medical Officer, Victoria
Gaol.
29 days.
POLICE.
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3. The admissions to Hospital show a decrease of 38, the number being 488 as compared with 526 in 1897, the average strength of the Force being slightly higher.
The rate of sickness was less with the Europeans and Indians but greater with the Chinese. The admission to Hospital from the various sections of the Force is given in the following table-
Year.
Europeans.
Indians.
Chinese.
1889,
166
230
194
1890,
149
254
179
1891,
169
285
118
1892,
152
224
120
1893,
134
255
133
1894,
127
244
134
1895,
96
254
116
1896,
94
370
124
320
107
1897, 1898,
279
122
99 87
There have been no less than nineteen deaths amongst the members of the Force during the year; eight of these having occurred in the hospital, four in the European section and four in the Chinese.
Of the Europeans one died from Hepatic Abscess, one from Enteric Fever whilst two died from Delirium Tremens.
Table I. gives the admissions to the hospital and the mortality during each month of the year.