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RETURN of Causes of Death ascertained by Post mortem Examination in 1900, at the GOVERNMENT PUBLIC MORTUARY, Hongkong.
Remaining
YEARLY TOTAL.
DISEASES.
in Hospital at end of 1899.
Total
C'ases Treated.
Remaining in Hospital
Remarks.
at end of
Admissions. Deaths.
1900.
GENERAL DISEASES.
Small-pox,
Mensies,
Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever,
Cholera,
Dysentery,
Plague,
Malarial Fever, Pernicious,.
Beri-beri.....
Septicemia,
Tetanus,
Syphilis,-
...
:
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4
745
39
29
6
15
(#) Secondary,
1
(6) Inherited,
4
Starvation,
21
New Growth, Non-malignant, Rickets.
1
...
Debility,
11
* LOCAL DISEASES.
Diseases of the Nervous System.
Sub-section 1,-
Di-eases of the Nerves,
Meningitis,
Sub-section 2,-
Functional Nervous Disorders,—
Apoplexy,
Diseases of the Circulatory System....
Respiratory System....
29
27
19
*9
Digestive System,
Female Organs,
31
"
Urinary System,
† Ijeries General,
† Injuries Local,..
† Pais ns. Still-Bith,
Decomposed,
Total,.....
:
*7
I
61
151
180
5
1
132
49
8
125
77
1,721
...
Ectonic Gestation.
Prow-Ing 1.
1 Hanging
Suffocation 24.
3 Strangulation 1.
Opium 5. Gelsemium 3.
Decomposition too for ad- vanced to allow the cause of death to be ascer- tained.
**; oc 1 dismuses” should be arranged in the order indicated, each under its specific name. It is evident that no useful information can be conveyed by lumping all diseases, sy of the Circulatory System. together, and simply returning them as such; each disease should be specified, eg., aneurism, valvular disease of the heart, and so forth.
† Specify.
JOHN C. THOMSON, Medical Ofheor.