439
The long continued hot weather accounted for the Disease continuing later in the year than is usual. The type of the disease was not severe as is shown by the fact that only one case proved fatal. Beri-beri.-There were 54 cases under treatment, with 6 deaths. This is more than double the number of cases occurring in 1895, the fatal European case was a Portuguese.
Venereal Diseases.-The number of patients admitted suffering from constitutional Syphilis was considerably in excess of those under treatment in the previous year, the exact numbers being :-
Primary Syphilis,
Secondary
51
1895.
1896.
..38
74
.31
46
69
120
Lagga
Injuries. The increase in this class is only apparent, as in former years the effects of Injuries have been included under Diseases of Organs of Locomotion. If these two are taken together the numbers are 377 with 21 deaths as against 396 with 18 deaths in 1895.
Surgical Operations.--There were 146 operations during the year, with 3 deaths. Fractures and Dislocations.-The following were treated during the year:-
Skull (Base),.
Skull,
Clavicle,
Humerus (Compound),, Humerus,
Radius and Ulna (Compound), Radius and Ulna,
Radius,....
Femur,.
"...
Patella,.
Tibia and Fibula (Compound),. Tibia (Compound),..
Dislocation of Humerus,.
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Clavicle,
Ankle,..
Alcoholism.-There were ōl cases as against 66 in 1895, two proving fatal.
-
1
6.
1
1
2
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
Poisoning. There were only three cases of poisoning during the year in two the agent used was opium and in the other Datura, one of the former cases proved fatal.
Small-por-There were 33 cases of Small-pox under treatment during the year with 5 deaths. 14 of these cases were treated on board the Hospital Hulk Hygeia; these all occurred in the first six months of the year, the remaining 19 were treated at Kennedy Town Hospital in the months of January, October, November, and December.
KENNEDY TOWN HOSPITAL.
During the year there were 412 cases of plague admitted to this Hospital with 306 deaths, a case mortality of 74 per cent. Particulars of the cases are given in table VIId.
Age Period.
Under 5 years,
5 to 10
*10 15
#
15 20
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20 25
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25 35
"
35 45
21
*
45 55
2:
55
65
17
65
75
17
75
and upwards,
Total,
Number attacked.
Deaths.
Mortality per cent.
17
13
76.47
28
19
67.85
41
30
73.17
65
52
80.00
62
47
75.80
90
63
70.00
65
49
75.38
32
22
68.75
19
15
78.94
6
4
66.66
2
100.00
316
74.00
3
427
From the foregoing table giving the age period, the numbers attacked and the deaths of those ad- mitted to the different Hospitals alive suffering from plague during the year, it will be seen that the maximum mortality from plague occurred between the years 15 to 20.
Dr. WILM was in charge of this Hospital from the 14th March to the end of August and has written a special report on the cases treated there (Report on the Epidemic of Bubonic Plague at Hongkong in the year 1896 by Staff Surgeon WILM of the Imperial German Navy).