264
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MARCH, 1898.
RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE
BRITISH
AND
FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE COMMUNITY.
VICTORIA DISTRICT.
DIVISION.
CAUSES.
Civil.
Army.
Navy.
No. 1.
Brought forward,... 16
Local Diseases,--Contd.
B.-The Circulatory
System.
Heart Disease,..
Aneurism,
C.-The Respiratory System.
Bronchitis,
Pneumonia,
Phthisis.
3
Asthma,
Edema of Larynx,
D.-The Digestive System. Gastritis,
Peritonitis, (Suppurative), Melaena,
Cancer of Stomach,.
E-The Urinary System. Bright's Disease,
H.-Affections connected with Parturition.
Child-birth,
I-The Skin.
Boils,
III-Undefined.
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No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
20
67 16 20
*
;:;:
:
No. 5.
No. 6.
No. 7.
13
14
13
No. 8.
No. 9.
No. 10.
Unknown.
Peak.
Harbour.
19 17 10
19
::
15
10
:
:
:
1
:
::
:
:
:.
21
3
8
1
...
:
F.
:
:
:
Dropsy,
Undiagnosed,
3
:༣༣
2
1
Total,.
24
3 12 103 32 31
29
19
21
23 34 15 4
35
REMARKS.
The Govt. Civil Hospitals.
The Tung Wa Hospital.
Causes.
No.
Causes.
No.
Small-pox,
11
Small-pox,
3
Causes. Brought forward,
No.
46
Bubonic Plague,
23
Bubonic Plague,
10
Epilepsy,
1
Typhoid Fever,
Diarrhoea,
8
Convulsions,
I
Diarrhoea,
Dysentery,
1
Tetanus, (Traumatic),
3
Scalds,
Intermittent Fever,
1
Trismus,
2
Shock from Wounds,
1
Remittent Fever,
7
Heart Disease,
7
Fracture of Skall,
2
Beri-beri,
7
Bronchitis,
8
Cancer,
Opium Poisoning,
1
Pneumonia,
9
Anaemia,
Debility,
2
Phthisis,..
35
Pneumonia
Scrofula,
1
Peritonitis (Suppurative),... I
(Edema of Larynx,..
1
Asthma,
Bright's Disease,
1
Bright's Disease,...
1
Purpura Hæmorrhagica,
1
Apoplexy,
3
45
114
Carried forward,....................... 46
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 8th March, 1898.