SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 9TH JULY, 1887. 793 The numbers of admissions and deaths in Hospital for the past ten years are as follows:-
Admissions.
Deaths.
1877, 1878,....
950
49
ادو
.1,289
50
1879.
.1,071
55
1880,......
..1,055.
44
1881,...
.1,236
49
1882,
01,9
,458
68
1883,
1,502
70
1884,
.1,354
50
1885,
.1,510
76
1886,
..1,623
79.
The percentage of deaths to admissions was 4.86 a trifle above the average of the last ten years. Sixteen of the deaths were from injuries received.
SMALL POX HOSPITAL.
Eleven cases were admitted into the Small Pox Hospital, of whom one female died, most of the cases were of a mild type.
Table VIIa shews the number and nationality of the patients.
This Hospital is used in the summer months for ·lera cases, none occurred this year.
PUBLIC MORTUAL
Table VIII shews number of dead bodies brought in for ea
1
of the year.
ination during the different months
1.
The total this year was 134, of these 43 were child The recommendations I made last year that there should be a resident Post Mortem attendant at the Mortuary has been sanctioned.
VICTORIA GAOL.
The following figures give the number of admissions and the daily average number of prisoners for the past ten years. There is a very considerable increase in both cases this year:-
!
Total No. admitted.
Daily average No.
to Gaol.
of Prisoners.
1877,
.3,964
395.22
1878,
.3,803
519.22
1879,
..3,665
576.13
1880,
.3,530
575.25
1881,
.4,150
666.00
1882,
.3,498
622.00
1883,
..3,486
542.15
1884.
.4,023
552.00
1885,
..3,610
530.00
1886,
..4,600
674.00
The bove figures show an increase of nearly one thousand prisoners as compared with last year, with an increase in the daily average of 144.
Table. IX shews the number of admissions to the Gaol Hospital, the diseases, and number of deaths. There were thirteen deaths this year, two from Apoplexy, two from Heart disease, two from Dysentery, two from inflammation of the Bowels, two from general Debility, two from Suicide, and one constitutional Syphilis of some years standing.
Table X shews the number of cases treated in their cells, and the diseases treated.
Table XI shews the rate of sickness and mortality in the Gaol. The sickness is considerably less than last year, but there is a considerable increase in the deaths, yet, the rate of sickness and mortality both to total and average is much less than last year.
Table XIa shews the cases admitted to Hospital on the first medical examination, and the diseases they were suffering from.
Table XIb. shews the number of Opium smokers admitted to Gaol, their weight on admission' and for four weeks after.
Table XIe shews the number of Opium smokers admitted to Hospital and the diseases they were suffering from.
There were no cases of any particular interest. The dietary of the Gaol has been reduced, so they don't fatten up so much as they used, but they are none the worse for the deprivation of their Opium, although the habit is entirely ignored, and they get no treatment unless they are suffering from some bodily complaint.