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RETURN OF DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN THE UNDERMENTIONED INSTITUTIONS,
During the Year ended 31st December, 1899.
The Government Civil
Hospitals.
Causes.
The Tung Wa Hospital.
Tung Wa Hospital, Mortuary.
Causes.
No.
Causes.
No.
No.
Small-pox,
7
Small-pox,
1
Small-pox,
2
Diphtheria,..
2
Enteric Fever,
5
Diphtheria,....
1
Enteric Fever,
11
Bubonic Fever (Plague),
318
Enteric Fever,
2
Bubonic Fever (Plague),
186
Diarrhoea,
48
Bubonic Fever (Plague},
180
Diarrhoea,
1
Dysentery,
25
Diarrhoea,
15
Dysentery,
1
Fever, Intermittent,
2
Dysentery,
5
Fever, Remittent,
3
Remittent,
51
Fever, Remittent,
18
27
(Undefined),
1
Undefined,
5
"
Undefined,
1
Beri-beri,
Septicemia,
7
Beri-beri,
119
Beri-beri,
39
Syphilis,....
""
Congenital,
Heart Failure due to Chloroform,
NNNNE
2
Pycemia,...
2
Septicemia,
1
Septicæmia,
9
Puerperal Fever,
1
Puerperal Fever,
Syphilis,.....
1
Syphilis,..
6
Opium Poisoning (Suicide),
1
Burns,.
Hydrophobia,
Fracture of Skull,
3
Scalds,
1
Opium Poisoning,
1
Cut Throat (Suicide),
1
Fracture of Skull,
2
Burns,
1
Rupture of Uterus,
1
Cervical Vertebræ,
Fracture of Skull,
2
Debility,
2
"
Injuries to Scalp and Body,
27
Spine,
1
Old Age,
1
Hanging (Suicide),
""
Elbow, Compound
Premature Birth,
1
Gangrene of Arm (Traumatic),.....
1
Comminuted,
Tabes Mesenterica,
1
Wound of Thigh,
1
Concussion of Brain,.
1
Purpura Hæmorrhagica,
1
Bullet Wound of Femoral Vein,.
1
Gangrene of Arm,.
Tuberculosis,
9
Rupture of Uterus,
1
Leg,
2
Leprosy,
1
Alcoholism,
i
Debility,
16
Meningitis......
1
Delirium Tremens,.
Old Age,
2
Apoplexy,
3
Purpura Hæmorrhagica,
1
Cancer of Stomach,
Convulsions,
3
Cancer of Liver,
1
Rectum,.
Tetanus,
1
Penis and Scrotum,
1
Uterus,
Trismus,
7
"
Anemia,..
1
Upper Jaw,
Epilepsy,
1
Meningitis,.
2
Tuberculosis,
Heart Disease,
21
Apoplexy,
2
Scrofula,
Aneurism,
1
Convulsions,
1
Anæmia,.
Bronchitis,
19
Tetanus (Traumatic),
Cellulitis of Leg,
Pneumonia,
il
Dementia,
2
Meningitis Cerebral,
3
Phthisis...
72
Senile,
3
Tubercular,
Empyema,
1
51
Cerebral Softening,
1
99
Spinal,
1
Gastritis,
1
Mania,
Apoplexy,
15
Gastro-Enteritis,
1
Melancholia,
1
Paralysis (Undefined),
2
Peritonitis,....
1
Heart Disease,
1
Hemiplegia,
Strangulated Hernia...
1
19
Congenital,
1
Paraplegia,..
Bright's Disease,
Bronchitis,
1
Paralysis Agitans,.
Hip Joint Disease,
Pneumonia,
Convulsions,
1
Knee Joint Disease,
1
Phthisis...
17
Tetanus (Traumatic),
5
Asthma,
1
Trismus,.
1
Total, 438
Empyema,
1
Epilepsy,
2
Cirrhosis of Liver,.
1
Heart Disease,
48
Peritonitis,..
Aneurism, Thoracic,
3
Hernia, Strangulated,
Thrombus,
Jaundice, Obstructive,
I
Bronchitis,
15
Bright's Disease,
10
Pneumonia,
29
Suppurative Epididymitis,
1
Phthisis,..
236
Morbus Cox,
1
Asthma,
4
The Italian Convent.
Pleurisy,..
Empyema,
2
Causes.
No.
Gangrene of Lung,
1
Cancrum Oris,
Mumps,
Peritonitis,.
3
Diarrhoea,
3
Cirrhosis of Liver,....
3
Fever, Intermittent,
Jaundice,
Undefined,
13
J
"
Obstructive,.
Beri-beri,
Gallstone,
Worms,
Bright's Disease,
21
Old Age,
12
Metrorrhagia......
Hip Joint Disease,.
Knee Joint Disease,
Vesical Calculus (Operation),.
Tubercular,.....
1
Marasmus,
76
Serofula,....
Apoplexy, Convulsions,
1
2
66
Trismus,....
141
Caries of Spine,..
2
Bronchitis,
4
Alveolar Abscess, Abscess of Thigh,
1
Phthisis...
83
2
Dropsy,
15
Total,... 306
Total,.
1,084
Total,......... 421