396
Nationality.-Europeans and Indians show decrease of 79 and 136 respectively as compared with the previous year, whereas amongst the Asiatics there is an increase of 62.
The numbers of Asiatics admitted during past 4 years are as follows:-
1894.. 1895,... 1896, 1897.
4
The following diseases caused the greatest number of admissions :-
Fevers:
Simple continued (Febricula),
Enteric,
Intermittent,
Remittent,
Venereal Diseases,..
Disease of Digestive System,
D
Respiratory System,.
Alcoholism,
Dysentery,..
Beri-beri,
Injuries of various kinds,
Deaths. Of the total number of deaths there were from:-
Lung Disease,
Heart Disease,
+
Injuries,
Disease of Digestive System,
•
Enteric fever,
Remittent fever, Beri-beri,.
·
783
.1,054
.1,126
..1,188
8
34
.304
128
474
178
15
...159
54
52
34
....373
15
13
18
16
7
6
4
Police. The total number under treatment was 62 less than in the previous year. There was an increase of 5 in the European section of the Force, and decreases of 50 and 17 amongst the Indians and Chinese.
GAOL OFFICERS.
The following were admitted during the year :--
Principal Warders,
Warders,
Assistant Warders,
Gaol Guards,
2
26
11
15
Malarial diseases and those due to venereal complaints gave the greatest number of admissions, there was no fatal case.
Influenza.-There were 17 cases under treatment with no deaths.
Typhoid.-There were 34 cases of Enteric fever admitted during the year exactly double the number occurring in 1896; of these 24 were Europeans, there was 1 Indian and 5 Chinese.
Seventeen originated locally, three were members of the Police Force and came, one from Yaumati, one from No. 7 and one from No. 5 Police Stations, the latter died. One was from Canton and the remaining sixteen were admitted direct from ships. The notes of some of the cases are given in the Appendix C. The total number of deaths was 7.
Diphtheria.-There were only two admissions from this disease; both patients recovered.
Cholera and Choleraic Diarrhoea.-There was an entire freedom from this class of disease, not a single case being admitted during the year.
Dysentery.--There were 52 cases with but 2 deaths, this disease being much less fatal than usual. Malarial fever.-There were 55 less admissions than in the previous year, but the disease was more fatal, there being 6 deaths, all from the Remittent type.
Beri-beri.-There were fewer cases of these suffering from the disease, the number being 35 with 4 deaths as against 54 with 6 deaths in 1896,
Venereal Disease.-The number of cases suffering from constitutional syphilis again shows an increase, the number being-
1895.
1896.
1897.
Primary Syphilis,
38
74
66
Secondary Syphilis,
31
46
82
69
120
148
An increase on the previous year of 25 per cent.