HONGKONG.
313
No. 22
93.
THE COLONIAL SURGEON'S REPORT FOR 1892,
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, on the 19th June, 1893.
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, 9th May, 1893.
SIR, I have the honour to forward my annual Report for the year 1892, of the work done in the different Establishments under my supervision together with the reports of the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, the Medical Officer in charge of the Gaol and the Government Analyst.
POLICE.
The admissions to Hospital show a decrease of 74, being 496 as compared with 570 in 1891. The deaths were 7, the same as the two previous years. Three died in Hospital, one European and two Indians, the cause of death in all three of these cases was Phthisis. One Indian and two Chinese died while away on leave, and one Chinese was found drowned, his boat was on the praya, but how he got into the water, there was no evidence to show.
The admissions to Hospital from the various sections of the Force for the past ten years are given in the following table :-
Europeans.
Indians.
Chinese.
Admissions to Hospital, 1883,.....
Do.,
1884,.
..113.................
87.
.246.......................................239
224...
..175
Do.,
1885,...
.208..............
..163
Do.,
1886,
Do.,
1887,
Do.,
1888,
..........138.................
.........
139..... ...147.
...243...
..293
...........221 .......187
Do.,
1889,....
Do.,
1890,.
149.
.279. ...230... .254.
.......231
Do.,
Do.,
1891,..... 1892,..
.285..................
........
224....
...194 ...179
.118
.120
From this it will be seen that there is a decided decrease in sickness amongst the Europeans, 17 admissions less than in 1891, and the rate of sickness amongst this portion of the Force is even better than is shown in this table as there were 11 more Europeans in the Police Force than in 1891, the number being 128 as compared with 117.
The Indian portion of the Force shows a still greater improvement, showing a decrease of 41 admissions, with only a decrease of 1 on the strength, 227 in 1891, and 226 in 1892.
The Chinese show an increase of 2 admissions with a decrease of 8 on the strength, being 350 in 1891, and 342 in 1892, but their average rate of sickness shows a very great decrease as compared with former years.
Table I shows the sickness and mortality in the Force for the different months of the year. Table II gives the average strength rate of sickness and mortality.
Table III shows the admissions to Hospital from the different stations and districts in each month of the year.
Aberdeen and Pokfulum for the first five months only sent in one case, but from June to November were as bad as ever, in spite of the improvements. Stonecutters' Island and No. 1 Station at Jardine's Gates are the sanitariums at present. No cases have come in from them for two years.
The Peak Stations, Gap and Mountain Lodge, don't seem to agree with either Europeans or Indians, the Chinese got off much better than in 1891.