:
376
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2nd MAY, 1891.
RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS THAT ACCURRED IN THE
UNDERMENTIONED INSTITUTIONS.·
The Tung Wa Hospital.
The Alice Memorial Hospital.
Canses.
Causes.
No.
Dysentery,
91
Typhoid Fever,.
Intermittent Fever,.
.363
Dysentery,
Beri-Beri,.
48
Beri-Beri,
Tubercle of Lung,.
3
Burns,
Apoplexy,
4
Multiple Injury,
Infantile Convulsions,
77
Meningitis,
Insanity,.
13
Paralysis, Agitans,
Bronchitis,
47
Malignant new Growth,
Pneumonia,
Tubercle of Lung,
Phthisis,.
13
Heart Disease........
Lung Disease,
.256
Pleuro Pneumonia,
Diarrhoea,
15
Phthisis,
Dropsy,
75
Abscess of Liver,
Calculus,
1,007
The Italian Convent.
The Asile de la St. Enfance.
No.
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
3
1
2
2
21
Causes.
No.
Causes.
No.
Simple Continued Fever,
20
Simple Continued Fever,
.101
4 and a
Old Age,
1
Sun-Stroke,
1
Trismus,..
.253
Debility,...
4
Tubercle of Lung,.
I
Infantile Convulsions,
57
Phthisis.....
2
Trismus,
.277
Diarrhoea,.
Lung Disease,
12
Atrophy (Marasmus),
193
Phthisis,.
Dropsy,
1
Diarrhoea, Ulcers,
472
48
5
506
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Registrar General.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1891.
DEATH RATES IN DIFFERENT groups of AGES FOR THE YEAR 1890.
AGES.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
Deaths.
Per cent. of whole.
Deaths.
Per cent, of whole.
Under 1 month,.
11
5.85
719
16.47
Over 1 and under 12 months,
15
7.98
492
11.28
Over 1 year and under 5 years,
7
3.72
419
9.60
Over 5 and under 15 years,
2.13
168
3.85
Over 15 and under 45 years,
96
51.07
1,467
33.60
Over 45 years, •
Unknown,
49
26.06
1,090
24.97
3.19
10
.23
Total,
188
100.00
4,365
100.00
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1891.
J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Registrar General.