920
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH AUGUST, 1895.
Table IV.-Shewing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the TROOPS serving in Hongkong
during the Year 1894.
AVERAGE STRENGTH.
ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL.
DEATHS.
RATE OF MORTAL-
ÅVERAGE DAILY RATE OF SICKNESS,
ITY PER 1,000 OF THE STRENGTH.
White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total.
White. Black. White.
Black.
1,446
1,309 2,750 2,035 870 2,905 24
15
39
112.75 38.61
16.59
11.46
A. F. PRESTON,
Surgeon Colonel, A.M.S.,
Principal Medical Officer, China and Hongkong.
Table V. Shewing the ADMISSIONS and MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during the Year 1894.
ADMISSIONS.
DEATHS.
DISEASES.
1.-General Diseases.
4. Diseases dependent on Morbid Poisons,-
Sub-Group 1,
"2
3,
4.
"
5,
"
Europeans.
Indians.
Asiatics.
Total.
Europeans.
Indians.
75
18
80
85
2
175
42
923:
142
113 278
272
Asiatics.
Total.
4
1
12
B. Diseases dependent on external agents other than Morbid
Poisons,--- Sub-Group 1,
1
4
9,*
J3
"1
3, 4,
1
C. Developmental Diseases,.
D. Not classified,
83
-=-=
15
16
:::
70
23
25
81
II.--Local Diseases.
Nervous System,
31
12 43
86
13
15
Eye,
10
29
44
Ear,
Nose,
1
Circulatory System,
15
27
10
11
12
Diseases of the
Respiratory,
54
146
17
Digestive,
111
199
13
Lymphatic.
7
11
Thyroid Body,
Supra Renal Capsules,
Urinary System,
17
Generative System,
15
30
51
Female Breast,
Male
Organs of Locomotion,
16
Connective Tissue,.
17
Skin,
III.
Poisons,
IV.
Injuries,
V.
Surgical Operation, †.
Under Observation,
61
186
18
32
15
24
48
8
11
14
20
10
102
132
17
13
40
70
6.
Total,..
831
349
7831,963
30 12 59
101
* Vide III. Poisons. † Table Va.
JAMES A. LOWSON,
Acting Superintendent.