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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH MAY, 1873.
Dengue was first noticed in this Colony in September. The disease luckily did not spread to any extent. Some of the cases were severe, but on the whole the type was mild. I have heard of only one death from Dengue, and that was a child of about 5 years old.
The general symptoms of the disease were identical with those described by Indian observérs, in Calcutta and Bombay.
Table XI. gives the usual information furnished by the Inspectors of Nuisances.
G. DODS, M.D., Acting Colonial Surgeon, and Inspector of Hospitals,
The Honorable CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG.
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1.--POLICE.
TABLE showing the ADMISSIONS into HOSPITAL and DEATHS, during the Year 1872.
EUROPEANS.
COLORED.
CHINESE.
MONTHS.
Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.
TOTAL. TOTAL Admissions. Deaths
January,..
10
14
1
25
February,
11
17
32
March,
11
23
35
April,
12
20
40
May,
18
16
38
June,
11
23
10
44
July,..
15
21
77
43
August,
16
27
14
57
September,
16
27
13
56
October,
12
21
17
50
November,
15
16
24
55
December,
23
14
6
43
Total,
170
1
239
1
109
518
2.-TABLE showing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the POLICE FORCE, during the Year 1872.
AVERAGE STRENGTH.
TOTAL SICK.
TOTAL DEATHS.
RATE OF SICKNESS.
RATE OF MORTALITY..
Europeans. Colored.
Chinese.
Total.
137
225
279
641
518
4
80.81 per cent.
0.62
per cent.
3.-TABLE showing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the TROOPS serving in HONGKONG, during the Year 1872.
STRENGTH.
ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL.
DEATHS.
RATE OF SICKNESS.
White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total. White.
Black.
Total.
798
349 1,147 1,457
278 1,735
14
6
20
per cent.
119.07
RATE OF MORTALITY.
TO STRENGTH.
1.3
per cent.