Table IV.—Shewing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the TROOPS serving in HONGKONG
during the Year 1893.
367
AVERAGE STRENGTH.
ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL.
DEATHS.
AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF SICKNESS.
RATE OF MORTAL- ITY PER 1,000 OF
THE STRENGTH.
Black
Black
White. and Total. White.
Chinese.
Black and Total. White. and Chinese.
Chinese.
Total.
Black White. and White. and
Chinese.
Chinese.
Black
1,414 1,304 2,718
2,015
912 2,927
17
11
28
115.97 38.17 12.02
8.44
N.B.-Six deaths occurred in the Hongkong Regiment which are not included in the above as they took place out of the Colony.
A. F. PRESTON, Surgeon Colonel, A.M.S., Principal Medical Officer, China and Hongkong.
Table V.—Shewing the ADMISSION and MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during the Year 1893.
ADMISSIONS.
DEATHS.
DISKASES.
1.—General Diseases.
Europeans.
Indians.
Asiatics.
Total.
Europeans.
A. Diseases dependent on Morbid Poisons,-
Sub-Group 1,
"
رو
2, 3,
**
4, 5,
64
29
10
103
135
180
117
382
1
1
186
38
28
252
1
:
1
"
B. Diseases dependent on external agents other than Morbid
Poisons, Sub-Group 1,
2
1
2,*
1
>>
"
3, 4,
14
15
31
25
3
29
"
C. Developmental Diseases,
1
D. Not classified,
40
21
*--**
3
2
84
:HHH:
::::::
1
1
1
1
II.-Local Diseases.
Nervous System,
33
24
1
1
3
Eye,
13
10:
Ear,
9
Circulatory System,
7
Diseases of the
8
.9
10
11.
12
13
14
15
16
17
Skin,
III.
Poisons,
IV.
Injuries,
V.
Surgical Operation, f
Under Observation,
Nose,
Respiratory, Digestive, Lymphatic, Thyroid Body,
Supra Renal Capsules,
Urinary System, Generative System, Female Breast, Male
Organs of Locomotion,
Connective Tissue,..
27
---
9
21
2
99
3
12
186
1
6
11
1
19
21
18
100
10.99
3
5 26 2
43
At
:
•
8.559
53 20
104
177
15
11
12
33
12
15
11
33
22
24
00
13
102 137
7
8
37
Total,..
828
394
6131,835
13
9
45
07
* Fide III. Poisons. † Table Va.
J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.