HONGKONG.
THE COLONIAL SURGEON'S REPORT FOR 1886.
413
No.
31
87
Presented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government,
on the 8th July, 1887.
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, 17th May, 1887.
SIR, I have the honour to forward my Annual Report for the year 1886, together with the Tables shewing the work done in the different Establishments in the Medical Department under my supervision. also forward the reports from the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, the Superintendent of the Lock Hospital, and the Government Analyst.
POLICE.
The admissions from the Police Force to Hospital show a considerable increase and have been the largest number admitted in the past six years. The increase has been principally in the Chinese portions of the Force as shown in the following table:-
Europeans.
Indians.
Chinese.
Admissions to Hospital, 1881..
88
212
198
Do.,
1882.
92
230
227
Do..
1883,
113
246
239
Do.,
1884,
87
224
175
Do..
1885,
.124
208
163
Do.,
1886,.....
138
243
221
It will be observed from this that the increase of admissions was among the Europeans 14, 35, and Chinese 58.
The deaths were, Europeans 8, Indians 2, and Chinese 4.
Indians
The Europeans suffer most as is seen on the rate of sickness and mortality in Table II, the Indians next in rate of sickness are the lowest, in rate of mortality the Chinese lowest in rate of sickness are next to the Europeans in rate of mortality.
Table I shows the admissions of each section of the Force to Hospital in the different months of the year, the largest numbers being as usual during the summer months.
Table II gives the average strength of the different sections of the Force, the deaths, rate of sickness and mortality to strength.
Table III shows the admissions to Hospital from the different stations and districts of the several sections of the Force during each month of the year.
All over the Island and the Kowloon peninsula the sickness has increased in every station, and was principally caused by Fever and Bowel complaints.
The admissions to Hospital and deaths from the Police Force for the past ten years are given below, this year has been the highest in number of sick, and the highest in the number of deaths:-
Admissions.
Deaths.
1877,
.418
6
1878,.
.566
6
1879..
...566
$
1880..
.588
13
1881,
498
10
1882,.
.549
8
1883,
..599
10
1884.
.486
7
1885.
.495
1886,.
...602
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