431
48. The Hospital still remains without any facility for disinfecting bedding and clothing, although I understand that a steam disinfector has been lying in the Government store for months past.
49. I now conclude a somewhat hasty review of the work of the Civil Hospital in 1886. 50. The number of patients and consequent responsibility and anxiety were larger than ever before, and the revenue from patients considerably exceeded that of any previous year.
51. With the growth of the Colony, the Hospital work has naturally increased, and there is no doubt that one Medical Officer is not now sufficient for the requirements of the Establishment.
52. That I have been able to carry on the work so long is due to the obliging disposition of Dr. MARQUES, and his ever ready assistance.
I trust that the frequent gratuitous services of Dr. MARQUES, in the Civil Hospital will one day be recognized by the Government, and a satisfactory position in the Department accorded to him.
53. I must add a word of thanks to the Naval and Military Surgeons who are, and have been on the station, for valuable assistance, especially at operations.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
Dr. PH. B. C. AYRES,
Colonial Surgeon.'
Enclosure 2.
C. J. WHARRY, M.D., Superintendent.
Report on the Lock Hospital.
GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, February 8th, 1887.
SIR,I have the honour to forward the Annual Report together with Tables of the work done in this Hospital and at Wántsai during the past year.
2. The total number of examinations made at Wántsai was 361, and at this hospital 12,464. 3. The admissions including those from unregistered brothels, who on examination were found to be diseased, amounted to 401 women, being 10 less than in 1885.
4. The number of registered women admitted for the last three years is as follows:-
SYPHILIS.
Primary.
Year.
Number of examinations.
Hard
And Cutane-
ous
Chancre Erup-
tion.
1884.
12,522
100 72 65
1
1
4 41
I 286 12,236
1885.
12,454
67168 38
1886.
12,407
111 155 51
1
REMARKS.
―
93 40*
367 12,087* These were all extirpated, and the women were not admitted.
1
33
1* 378 12,029
5. It will be seen that more Registered women were again admitted last year than in the two previous years.
6. There was a marked decrease in cases of abrasion and ulceration of the os uteri; of Primary and Secondary syphilis there were three cases.
7. In consequence perhaps of the large number of men-of-war assembled in the harbour during the past year, the complaints against the registered women have been greater, but this does not neces- sarily imply that there has been a noticeable increase of serious disease amongst these women, as many of them are wrongly charged.
8. It is strange that complaints from a certain class of men should generally be made against some houses whose inmates are particularly clean.