448
The total number of cases treated during the year was as follows :—
In-patients,..... Out-patients, .....................
2,571 ....11,061
Minor surgical cases such as scalp wounds, simple fractures, dislocations, dog-bites, teeth extrac- tions, &c. which were treated in the Receiving Ward are not included.
In-patients. The total number shews an increase of 126 as compared with 1897; the following figures give the number treated during the past five years :--
1895,..... 1896, 1897, 1898,
.2,283
.2,598
.2,445
....2,571
The greatest increase has been in the number of Private Paying Patients and Destitutes; in both these clases the numbers are the largest for the past 10 years. There is a decrease in the number of Police and Government Servants admitted.
The total number of deaths was 138, a percentage of 5.36 as against 4.86 in 1897, the increase being due to the plague cases admitted. It will be noted that the mortality has been highest in the three plague years.
Of the total number of deaths 56 were in a moribund condition on admission, 39 dying within 24 hours, and 17 within 48 hours of their admission.
The average daily number of sick was 98.81 as against 100.09 in 1897.
Of the total number of patients 411 were females, an increase of 27 as compared with 1897. Private Paying Patients.-The following gives the number of First and Second class patients for the past three years :-
First class.....
Second class.......
1896. 65
146
211
1897.
53
153
206
1898.
58
154
212
Nationality. As compared with 1897 there was a decrease of 10 Europeans and 26 Indians and an increase of 162 Chinese under treatment as in-patients.
To show how the Asiatics appreciate the advantage offered by this Institution, I give the numbers admitted during the past 7 years :-
1892.
1893,.
1894,
1895,....
1896,
1897, 1898,
The following discases give the greatest number of admission :---
Fevers
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Simple continued (Febricula) Enteric,
Malarial,-Intermittent,
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-Remittent,
Injuries,
Venereal Diseases,
Diseases of Digestive System,
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Respiratory
Nervous
Rheumatism,
Alcoholism,
592
613
783
1,054
1,126
1,188
1,350
Plague, Dysentery,
Deaths. The following diseases caused the greatest number of deaths :-
Diseases of Respiratory System,
Injuries,
Discases of Digestive System,
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Urinary, Circulatory,
17
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Plague, Enteric fever, Alcoholisın,
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