Table IV. (B.)
Return showing Death Rates in Different Groups of Ages for the Year 1896.
237
Ages.
British and Foreign.
Chinese.
Deaths,
[Per cent. of whole.!
Deaths.
Per cent. of whole.
Under 1 month,..
14
5.53
584
10.42
1 mouth and under 12 months,
26
10.28
545
9.72
1 year and under 5 years,
17
6.72
344
9.70
5 years and under 15 years,........................i
16
6.32
448
7.99
15 years and under 45 years,
112
44.27
1,942
34.63
45 years and over,.....................
66
26.09
1,507
26.88
Unknown,
2
0.79
37
0.66
253
100.00
5,607
100.00
Table IV. (D.)
HOSPITAL DEATHS.
British and Foreign.
Chinese.
Total.
Government Civil Hospital,.....
Alice Memorial Hospital,
Royal Naval Hospital,
Military Hospital,
Peak Hospital,
Nethersole Hospital,
Kennedy Town Hospital,
Tung Wa Hospital,
52
81
133
2
19
21
3
3
14
:
14
9
9
+
3
24
27
14
299
313
1
1,709
1,710
Hospital Ship "Hygeia,”.
2
20
22
Government Lunatic Asylum,
1
16
17
St. Joseph's Hospital,
1
1
102
2,168
2,270