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25.—The decrease in the admissions to Hospital are, it will be seen above, chiefly due to the Police, Board of Trade and Government Servants, all of which it is very satisfactory to note. Private paving patients remain about the same. Police cases shew a steady increase in every year which is
satisfactory. Destitutes are about the same.
26.-Table V shews the character of the diseases admitted to Hospital.
27.-Table VI shews the rate of mortality of the different classes admitted to Hospital.
28.-Table VII shews the admissions and deaths in each month of the year, both sickness and mortality being greatest in the last seven months of the year. This is not usual; the summer months June, July, August, and September have generally brought in the larg at number, but this year the numbers in all classes kept up pretty steadily to the end of the year.
29.-Table VIII shews the number of dead bodies brought to the à ortuary and shews a great decrease in the number of children, only 25; the number of adults has also been considerably decreased, being 56, but for the last three months of the year the bodies were taken to the new Public Mortuary of which the record is not set down here.
30.-The number of admissions and deaths in the Government Civil Hospital for the past ten years are as follows:-
Admissions.
Deaths.
1875,.....
..1,010
59
1876,
.1,000
36
1877,
950
49
1878,........
1,289
50
1879,
...1,071
55
1880,
.1,055
44
1881,
...1,236
49
1882,...
..1,458
68
· 1883,
..1,502
70
1884,..
.1,354
50
31.-The percentage of deaths to admissions, 3.69, is the smallest percentage in the past ten years, showing that the cases admitted have been less severe in character than in former years.
32.-Many of the complaints in the Superintendent's Report will, I hope, be rectified in the course of the year. They have all been reported on in previous reports.
SMALL POX HOSPITAL.
33.--Seven cases of Small Pox were admitted during the year, of whom two died; the rest were
mild type.
of a very
34.-Table VIII, a shews the number of admissions and deaths, the nationality and the number of days of detention. They were principally seamen from vessels in the Harbour. One was a Chinese
Constable.
VICTORIA GAOL.
35.-The number of prisoners admitted to Gaol this year is greater than for the past two years. The daily average number in the Gaol, however, has been but slightly increased, as compared with last year. The following figures show the number of admissions and the daily average for the past ten years.
Total No. of Prisoners admitted to Gaol.
Daily average No.
of Prisoners.
1875, 1876,
1877,
1878,
1879,
1880,
1881,
1882,
1883,
1884,
4,023
374.06
.4,062
432.60
...3,964
395.22
..3,803
519.22
..3,665.
576.13
..3,530
575.25
..4,150
666,00
.3,498
622.00
.3,486
542.15
...4,023
552.00
So that, although there is an increase of over 500 in the admissions, there is only an increase of 10 in the daily average number of prisoners in Gaol. This shews a slight improvement in the daily average For the past two years.
36.-The number of sick admitted to this Hospital is still large and is owing, as before reported, to the number of vagabonds and beggars sent in of late years.
37.-Tabl IX shews the admissions to Hospital, the nationality and discase and the number of deaths, which was only three.