286
The admissions from the Police Force and the number of Deaths for the past five years were as follows:-
Years.
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
Total,
Average,
Admissions.
Deaths.
602
14 (a.)
619
9
657
15
590
14
582
7
3,050
59
610
11.8
The admissions of Europeans were, in 1889, 166, as compared with 149 in 1890; the Chinese were 194, in 1889, as compared with 179 in 1890; and the Indians were 230 in 1889, as compared with 254 in 1890.
Military Hospital.
The admissions from among the troops during the past five years were as follows:-
Fears.
Admissions.
Deaths.
1886,
1,607
9
1887,
1,749
14
1,485
21
1889,
1,732
16
1890,
1,915
15
Total,
8,488
75
Average,............ 1,697.6
150
Small-Pox Hospital.
The admissions during the past five years were as follows:-
Years.
Admissions.
•
1886,
11
1887,
65
1888,
99
1889,
19
1890,
2.
-Total,
196
W
Average,......
39.2
Inquests.
The inquests held during the past five years were as follows:-
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
1.20
115
63
76
101
By Ordinance 17 of 1888, the. Office of Coroner is abolished, and the duties thereof transferred to the Police Magistrates.
28.-CHARITABLE AND LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
No fresh Institution was formed.
No fresh Institution was formed.
:
29.-RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
-W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 16th June, 1891.
(a) In Hospital.