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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JULY, 1899.
The following Table shows the Cause of Death :-
(a) Specific Febrile and allied Diseases,-
Plague,
Small-pox,
Tuberculosis, .
Septicemia,
Trismus and Tetanus,
Typhoid Fever,
Beri-beri,
Syphilis,
..
Malarial Fever,
Dysentery,..
(b) Developmental Diseases,--
610
74
36
I
16
3
1
1
37
4
783
Still-born,.....
Senilitas,
Malnutrition,
(e) Effects of Injuries, Heat, Cold, &c.,—
Drowning,
Shock (Burns),
29
(Electric),
Heat Apoplexy,
Exposure,....
Excessive Exertion and Strain,
Asphyxia (Hanging),
Cut-throat,
(Earth),
Multiple Injuries,
Rupture of Spleen,
of Liver,
19
of Small Intestine,
""
Bullet Wounds,
Fracture of Skull,
..
Concussion and Homorrhage Brain,
(d) Poisoning,-—
Arsenic,
Opium,
Irritants (unknown),
Alcohol,
..
(e) Diseases of different Systems,-
Puennionia,
Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema, Cardiac Disease,
Diarrhoea (Gastro-Enteritis), ...... Bright's Disease,
4.
Meningitis,
Hydrocephalus,
Strangulated Hernia,
Peritonitis,
Post Partum Hæmorrhage,
Suppurative Fallopian Tube,
Boils and Exhaustion,
Aortic Aneurism,
(f) Decomposed,
Undiagnosed, Skeletons,
Total,
96
8
31
135
43
2
5
2
9
1
3
7
1
12
2
103
.....
6
6
28
79
1
1
1
1
1
2
131
127
25
10
162
1,314