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THE HEALTH OF THE COLONY IN in Hospital for the past ten years to us fol- month, shows that his digestive powers at

1885.

The following extracts are taken from the Report of the Colonial Surgeon for the year | 1885, which was laid before the Legislativo Council on the 14th ultimo ***

GOVERNMENT CIVIL, HOSPITAL,

Hongkong, May 10th, 1866.

Sir, I have the honour to forward my

Annual Report for the year.

1896

together

Towe

Admissions 1870, 1,000. 1877,

Deather

950

1878 1,289

1,071

1879 1880, 1.055

188)

1,234

1882, 1.158

€9

1883

1,602

1884, 1,354

60 70

1885, 1,610

with the Table showing the work done in the different Establishments in my Depart ment. I also forward reports from the Su-was 6.03, the highest parcautage but two The percentage of deaths to bdmissions perintendent of the Government Civil in the last ten years. Hospital, the Superintendent of the Lock Sixteen of those deaths were from in- Hospital, and the Government Analyst.

POLICE

4

juries. There were fourteen cues of gun- shot wounde; of these two died. There was a larger number of sersro injuries than usual, as will be seen by reference to Table No. V, those of contased wounds, many of them of savurity Kroat

being more than double; the number being 40 in 1884 me

with in 1885, Dompared

In the last few years the number of surgical cases have been greatly on the

you It would have bein Icss than 2 per cont but for the deaths from cholera among the military-

Bay rate were not much affected by this terriblo vice. His daily dossumption of opium by smoking was enough to kill I give below the tablog of the death rates twenty-four mon if

moon if eaton; allowing the il-for the past thirteen years I have been in boral

dose of 10 grains to each, whereas 4 the Colony among the Europeans and Chi grains is given as a does that would kill nome, a registered in Hongkong, from moet men unaccustomed to its use in toxo- diseases which may arise from filth poison. logical works.

works. Half a pint of gin is given as the smallest done ever known to kill an

adult fancy a man consuming 12 pints of gin a day for 52 years.

It is ourivan how snail has been the aus-

thoir success amongst nearly every other cess of Europeans in introducing drunk- enness amongst the Chinese, compared with

race. Purhaps it is as well that the Chi- nese have chosen the lesser vice of opium smoking. Of 32 Europeans admitted suffering more or less from symptoms af the Government Hospital, & wore admitted Delirium Tremens Of 231 Chinese admit ted t

to

to Hospital? were suffering from dabi lity, who wars opium smokers; this is the aly disease among the opian smokers that could be put down to opium. At the same time I am ot of opinion the debility is directly so osed, as their powers of diges their treatment is as follows:--

of the different years is taken into consi-th, and this is to be expected with tion are not impaired, and the result of

The admissions from the Police Force to Hospital show than alighat increase of nine in 1880 as compared with the admissions in 1884. For the last five years the number of admissions to Hospital have been as fol- luws - -1881, 108;

408; 1982, 640; 1883, 500 1884, 480; and 1885, 405; so that the improvement in the Luath of the whole Force taken as a total, when the strang th deration, still continues.

The average strength of the Force in the last five years has been az follows:-1881, 024; 1882, 582: 1883, 653; 1884, 600; and 1895, There were nine deaths in the Force this year, viz., three Europeans, one Indian and Bive Chinese. Two Europeans died in Hospital, one from cellulitis and one from The other died in his own beat

apoplexy. quarters from apoplexy. The Indian died while in India on leave. Of the Chinese, three died in Hospital, one of those of sholera, the reat away in China on

laave. The Central District Stations, as usual, show op worst, but this year worse than ever in the European portion of the Furze, for while the Indian and Chinces sections

greater increase of manufacturies hav ing complicated ma

maco 100 lbs. *100 lbs.

Б

3 mice 91 iba. U lbs.

10

I msoe 10 lbs. ` 101 lba.

3 mace 09 lbs,

105 lbs.

2 rusco 100 lbs.

2 mage 98 lbs.

102 Iba,

d machinery. This year the Superintendent was absent on sick leave for five months. During his absence Drs Dudel, Pices, and Thompson tho

Army

emy Medical Department acted al- ternately in his place; but as their services

2.....32 could only be spared from their Military 04

32 duties during the day, Dr Marques per

-62 formed the duties at night, or in his 470 advices of another European ward-

......95 salled

6.....63 10

102 iba. The

7......70 40 $ muce 90 Iba.

04 lbs. faster were required, and a temporary

The sole treatment these prisoners re- one has been appointed with strong re- commendation from myself that the apceived was Quinine mixture with low diet pointment shall be made permanent for for the first few days, and then the fuli next year.

ordinary diet of the Gaol. They, all but the one marked with, increased in weight and that one was only in Gaul two weeks; he lost no weight.

upon.

Diarrho

Varniting & Purging..

aat 402

812 8911,201

2,030 1,079

વર

·RATUS

YEAR

.Totals,.............

DEATUR AMONG CHINESE 925 25 24 24. 271 29 32 : * 21 #7 19 23

Joversi

1

THAK

Simple Continued

DEATING AMONG

EUROPEANS

(Bertien

and

Fitzres.)

1873 1874 1873.1576, 1977. 1579. 1879. 1890 1891 1882 1883 1884.

it behoves us to take all the precautions wo can to render the City of Victoria and the surrounding villages filter to resist diseases of this character by better sanitation.

The totals on these Tables show that the Colony has been pretty steadily geing from bad to worso un far as the Chinese are concerned.

Since 1873 any number of wells havo been one that, though in the heart of the town, had fair water in them that year. Now year after your more, have to be closed, showing that the subsoil is steadily. being poisoned by acwage. It is very litle as the Government laying down proper

main drains if proper house drains are not connected with them, and house sewage in allowed to drain into the äubsoil. It is not eurprising that it takes a

good deal of trouble to make Chinese kouse owner understand it, or if they do, to make them sot upon the knowledge.

pore Beauty expect worse and worse scarea as cach summer season p proaches, till them matters are remedied, An immense doal of fuss has been mando shout Quarantino. What wo have got to do is to look at home, and not prepare a hotbed for the reception of disesas, na a gandoner does for mushrooms.

Quarantine has been reduced to thres days at

Au Port, the Military and Naval |

to

ities objecting to the Home practice. For I consider that it is impossible for Quarantine to be of the slightest service us, and it cannot in any case be pro. perly enforced. Enforced on the very strictest principles, it did no good for Mauritius, for an epidemic of cholera carried off a third of the island. It has not done any p

good for the Philippines, and if these places, with a Quarantine of 21 days, isolated as they are by wide oceans from the cholers districts of the mainland, dorivo so little benefit from Quarantine, what good can we expect from Mr Crow, the Apothecary sad Analyst,

it? The only thing we can do is to aegre- was on the sick list for some time, and

gate the

the patients brought in, and disinfect the vasgela in this district show a decrosso ronpectively considerable difficulty was experianced dur- of 14 and 7 admissions, the European sucing his temporary sosenco, but this was

Quarantine Hospital accommodation is being got ready on Stone Cutters' Island, tion shows an increase of 36. The admis-less than it might have boon, had thers sions from this portion of the Force in this apt been a Chinese Student Apothecary of

vernment must take into consideration. but there is something else that the Go- district in 1884 wars 41, whorose in 1885 considerable experience. His services wo they numbered 77.

hare unfortunately lust, and this your there

To be of any use, a Surgeon will have to Whitfeild Station still holds its own as is a now Stu lant Apothecary whom it will

be provided. Every Medical Officer ou the worst of the outstations, soading on the take a considerable time to instruct, bofors

and Medis note than full during the worst type of malarial fover cases, and this he can be of much service. is entirely due to this grout amount of earth-

classes

of disease and the totals. cutting in virgin soil going on in the neigh-

goons are not always

bo had, and For Enteric fevers the number of deaths provision is made in case any of the staff is bourhood.

mitted to this Hospital, of whom unly one incolie, who is a giant compare recorded in the Chinese table vary from sick. We are all of us in the same bost, The other stations were about the mind. Most of them were of nimild type,

only turns they hadred in the Gaol, the lowest in 1873, 19, to the highest in and the case of the Superintendent of 1 average as last year. The only station that In the summer months, when no small It takes a the scale just under 130 tis.

Tus: 1882, a great deal

and muscle fat sed as a Cholera Hospital nine cases Chinamen. Again I have to state that I the lowest death rate; in 1883 nono, the liave one of us and we cannot relieve one

As the European table this disones had oral rule, no man is the sorice can ze Medical Staff were received, of whom six died. There sad no special symptom as the result very three Europeans, one colored man and five Chinese; of these, three Europeans opium anioking or its immediate stoppage.highest 1862, 10, this year 1885 the mum- another as formerly. The work now being

the list

is 7. of opium smokers the men

done by cech is fully one man's work and and three Chinese died.

range 18 to 70

For simple continued fever the number at times a little more. to 70 years of age, having of deaths recorded among the Chiness is been smokers from 1 to 52.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your roost yeurs, and con- lowest in 1882, 71, highost this year 1895,obedient Servant, from 1 to 3 maco.

Pa. B. O. AYRES, As I

Colonial Surgeon.

The lightest weight of these 7 was 90 lbs. on admission, whereas the lightest weight among the run suure aduitted in Gaol was 80 and he was never puder treat- none at all. The average weight of the opinn amokoms was about 105, and 28 them were up to or over the average weight of Chinamen admitted into Gael which s

ha, that about 110 11

calculations male. My stron gest chair-coolie,

but slightly from the figures in former The figures in the European Table vary Foam, with the exception of cholera, of which disenas no case has boon recorded the fager in the Chinese taale vary

this

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has been improved is that of the Water Po-pex Canes are received, this building was fake up for the mallness of boin105079; this year 1885 the number was Civil Flospital is not an exception to tho

Lico

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The admissions to Hospital from the vas rious sections of the Fared for the last five years are as follows:-

Peruans, Indians,

Cline ve

Admissions to

Hospital, 1881... 88

219

Do. 1882... 92

230

Do.

1883...113

246.

198 207

220

224

175

163

Do,

1884... 87 Da. 1886 124 208

This shows that the past year was worse than all the previous years amongst the Euro- penne, but shows a steady improvement Amongst the Indians and Chinese; indeed for these two sections it has been the boat The admissions to Hospital and deaths from the Police Force for the past ten years are given below.

Admissions Deaths.

year of the fire.

1876,

• 410

1877,

418

1878,

Бев

.0

1879,

5010

8

1880

689

13

1881,

488

для

10

1882

640

8

1683,

10

1884

480

1835,

---40B

TROOTS

There is a large increase both in sioknoss and mortality song the Troops, while there is But a slight increase of 80 in their strength, both sickness and mortality hav ing exceeded any year in the previous ten year.

of

Table IV gives the average strength the Foros, the admissions to Hospital, dastha with their percentage to strength for 1885. I give the number of admissions and deaths

for the past ten years below.

Admissions.

1876,

. 583

Deaths.

2

1877,

973

D

1878,

044

10

1879,

$1,035

1880,

.1,075

1881,

.1,118

1882,

1,019

1883, 1884,

.1,105

+1,097

.1,190

24

PIBLIO MORTUARY.

מV

from

in

Table VII gives the list of dead budi aut have stated a Committee of Inquire 705, the nearest to this year is 1879 when

brought in during the year, and these are yearly on the increase, (this lis: does not is at present sitting on the subject of over include bodies

ment Civil Hospitat from the Govern-crowding in the Gral. The question is

Dr Mar-

for examination, after whether the systear cau bu rendered accor- 1 death by the Coroner's order), duroner's ding to European ideas sufficiently deter. Ingasets being very frequent Mar- rent to prevent overcrowding, or whellur

hao performed the duties of the we shall be compelled to

the increase Medical Department of this new Establish accommodation for the incronaing number ment and been assistud by Chinese of scoundrels coraing from Chin proper, Wardmaster from the Hospital. This I for not one in a hundred is born and brod dues it take up a goat deal of this man's much as ton years. think is very objectionable, for not only in Hongkong, or been a resident for as time when he can

be

spared at the Hospital, bat in view of the many and zoriona injuries in which he has to see to

733 donths are recorded from this case.

18

far

For Typhus fever the lowest record To the Honourable F. Stewart, LL.D., 1674, 1876, 1880, 1882 and 1856 none, among the Chinese in the äve

years

Acting Colonial Secretary, de, da, die. The highest number is in 1831, 38.

For Diarrhoea the lowest record amongst the Chinese is in 1873, 105, the highest record 1878, 701, this year 1886 it is 561 deaths. To these diseases on the Chinese table are added this year cholera 7 deathe and a number of cases registered as vumit

י.

1885, for the first time in the

I recommend a further reduction of dis,ing and purging in which death occurred in which years ago was reduced to what it is

most cases within 24 hours, 176 deaths. now on my recommendation, and I still the European was in 1876, 1883, 1895 the For Diarrheas the lowest record among the dressing of wounds, bis employment as think, as I said years ago, the systern of same number 9, the highest record was in Post Morton attendant is most ubjec-giving. from 10 to 20 strokes of the rattan 1875, 18 deaths tionable, and

add to the danger of for petty theits, &, instead of from a might the patients. I have therefore strongly fortnight to three recommended that instead of a watehmaa ment in haard wonths' better entertain- and lodging with lighter at this place, a resident well paid Post work than any coolie has outside, would do Martin attendant should be appointed, some good as a deterrent. which I hope will do sautioned.

"That is the system pursued in India, and if the Indians can bear the rattan, I don't see why the Chinese cannot.

TAGIDEIA GAOL,

The following figurée give the number of admissions and the daily average number of GOVERNMENT LUNATIC ASYLUM, prisoners for the past ten years. There is Tablo XId shows the number of admis- a considerable decrease in both cases thissions, nativity, six and disease of patients year.

received into this Institution. The num Tokat No. admitted Daily average.ber of admissions have been larger than

naual and bare in the

majority of caser bcon received from ships in harbour, Coast

This years, deaths from chelers are

paat t

thirteen dod, numbering 19.

From all these causes the lowest total

among Europeans was in 1888, 10 deaths, the highest total was in 1882, 37 deaths. Amongst the Chinese the lowest total from all ouses mentioned in these tables was in 1873, 810, the highest total this year 1885, 1,694.

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The greatest number of deatha resorded among the Chinees as from voting d purging occurred in July, when 18 died; cases occurred in June, Bertember, Ocio- A in Angost, 56 died, the far remaining Ports and Japan. It is a question whether ber and November.

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be saddled with the The deaths from cholera among the Mili- at the end of June, 9 from the expense of sending to their own tary vers of destitute insane patients from 1st to the 10th of July and one in October the Coast Ports, and the matter has been the latter had boon in Hospital three days referred to

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State.

Of for ether

reasons and on the fourth morn course in all casca in which their nationality

tationality ing was seized with cholem and died in six can be proved, the Consuls pay their of houm. All were Europeans

The building, which has been now in usa a year, has proved all that can be desired in the accommodation it affords.

to Gal

of Privaart.

1870.

4,062

1873

3,064

432.60 995.22

1878.

3,803

ǎ19.22

this

1879,

1880,

3,065 3,330

1881

4,150

1882

1280

3,498,

676.13 570.25 666.00 632.00

1909

1883.

9,486

542.15

1001

1885,

4,023 3,010

590.00

penas.

502.00 The above Egarsa show a decrease in the aumber of admissions of nearly 400 as com pared with 1884, with a decrease in the Tares remained at the end of the year. daily average of 22: but at times

during Most have been sent to their native coun. the year the daily average was high. tries incurable.

The number of cases admitted to the Gaol Hospital ware sixty-two less than in 1884, and the number of deaths two is compared with three in 1884.

Every day there are complaints attended to flour are not regie. tered, alae a number of malingerers and There was an outbreak of cholors among others that come up for examination or to the Troops, and of eighteen cases adimitted be reported on as to their fitness for panish-

measure for the increase in the

but bot for

1885, The sickness therefore exceeds any of the previous years, by over seventy admissivos, and the deaths by eleven more than any previous year.

to

area, twelve died. This accounts in ment

mortality ness. The

cause

that

Table XI shows the rate of sickness and

TUNG WA HOSPITAL.. this Hospital, which is entraty managed by The total number of patients treated in Dainese Directors and Doctors, was 1,98f Of these 1,000 died. The number of out patients treated was 111,878.

The number of moribund cases admitted wat 283.

The number that remained in Hospital at the end of the year was 00.

The number of Patients, admitted to the

The cause of the outbreak cannot be traced by the Military Authorities. There are some theories about it, but nothing de-

known.

the caves that were zoocived into the Civil Hospital, the Europeans were desti- tuto mamen, un also way the colored man. exception of the Lokang. In netly sil The Chinese also were destitutes with the

the cases the attack begin with a preh minary diarrhoes some days before the chu leraic symptoms began.

A carious thing among the Military cases was that the greatest number of deatha from this cause occurred among the temperance No deaths from this cause occurred

men

the increase in sick-deaths with the porcentage to total admit- Small Pox wards was 36; of these sighteen the Indian portion of the Military

is now

possible,

No deaths occurred among the European Indian portions of the Police Force and

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1.30. 9.00..

2.30

2,20.... 8,00

3:00 4.00

3.30. 4.00 ** 4.35 4 4.30 450

4.18. · 4.30 4.50*** 5.10 5.10. 6.25

"!

20

51

·5.40**

6.50

"

5.40. »

6.15

B.55 6.45

8.25

72

7.00

11

37

6.45

7.00

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7.10.

7.18

ور

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of this outbreak amongst sions and daily average number of prison-dind. The majority of these patients word the Troops I cannot secount for. No asesora. In both cases this is very small, cape-cadrez.

(FORMERLY ARTICLED AFFRENTICE AND LAT occurred amongst the Police in the Colony. cially when the overcrowded state of the The one Chinese Constable that was admit- Gaol

is taken into considerations, on which in Hongkong and Kuwlawat was 2,120. the

the urgent request of his European TEELY ASSISTANT TO DR. ROGERS,) The number of Vaccinations performed ted with choleraic symptoms contracted the subje

a the subject a disease in the Chinese City of Kowloon, sitting to suggest a remedy

and American patients at friends, enmstances. In caso of stress of weather, The chief reason for the great inortality in / stated, was sent into Hospital immediates TAKEN THE OFFICE formerly .00 tin to Bospital immunediately ou and was sent

Table Xia shows the number of adrais when admitted, are hopeless CASOS, the this Hospitals that most of the patients,

due notice will be given of any stoppages. his return to the Colony. No cute was ad- sions to Hospital direct from the Courts; Chinaso having a great antipathy to going

oupled by De Rouzes, mitted occurred in the Caol. In both Burug sans auffering chicfy from alcoholic, into Hospital at all except in the last ex-

the quarters are inferior for the most Chinese from debility or venereal

tremity, or in cases of utter destitution.

сежен

part

to

to

TEMPORARY LOCK HOSPITAL.

on

csees opcurred

No. 3, DUDDELL STREET. CONSULTATION TREE

Discount to missionaries and families.

Bola Addreas

2, DUDDELL STREET, (Next to the New Oriental Bank) Hongkong, January 12, 1885,

+66

The Overland China Mall,

AWEEKLY JOURNAL,

the new warda, e, live uken, the whole as 2000 as received. No deaths occur amitted for the past 28 yosra and classes of either portion of the com- TS PUBLISHED to suit the. Departure

ted as

will be

see their The house for the Superintendent is now finished and occupied

year in construction, and I hope this year.

completion

on admission was 99 lbs. which increased

manities.

Mails.

NOTICE.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERES MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANCAIS,

STEAM FOR SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO, PONDICHERRY; MADRAS, CALCUTTA, ADEN, SUES FORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK PREV REA PORTS, tend

MARSEILLES, AND PORTS AND BRAZIL LA PLATA;

OF

of

fall;

to accompany

destined to porta beyond Ban Fransisco should be sent to the Company's Offices In Sealed Envelopes, addressed to the Callistos

Customs at San Francisco.

of

For further information sa to Pange and Freight, apply to the Agency dia Company, No. 801, Cracon's Road Central,

OD. HARMAN,

Agent, Hongkong, June 18, 1888

∙1138

Occidental & Oriental Steam- Ship Company.

TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS KTO JAPAN, THE UNITED

STATES, MEXICO, DENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPE,

THE OVERLAND O RAILWAYS, AND ATLANTIO & OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERA

THE Steamship SAN PABLO will be despatched" for Ban Francisco" vis at 8 pm. Yokohama, on TUESDAY, t the 13th July,

Connection being made at Yokohama, with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan

All

Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full ; and same, will be received st the Company's Office, until 8 p.m. the day previous to miling,

who

RETURN - PASSAGER. --- Passengers, have paid full fare, re-embarking at Ban Fransisoo for China or Japan (or vice versa) within six months, will be allowed a discount of 20% from Return Fare: if re-expta car? within one year, an allowance of 10 be made from Beturn Fare. Pro-Paid Re- Hurts Passage Orders, Count of 25 % from available for one year, mbe Laned st Return

Ret

Fare Theas allowances do not apply from Ohina and Japan to fares from

Involoes to socompany. Cargo destined to porta beyond Ben Francisco, should be sent to the Company Offices, sddressed to

the

exceeded all former years, but are only to 15 Iba by the end of his first month in Europeans, contracted constitutional syphi into the Colony, none of it being grown } ♬ weekly budget of news should be prepared, BORDEAUX, LE HAVRE, DUNKIRK,ancisco, Conor of Chakos Page (23).

|contracted in the execution of his duty, Mango, peaches, pluras, laichess, it was Horas, and those at the Coast

information

Agency of dker

Chinese were brought in from all parts of No casus occurred in the Gaol, though the Colony and may

destitute European to those occupied by Troops both as Table XI shows the number of opium

beachcombers Also daily. regards ventilation and evor-crowding, and smokers consuming one mace and upwards

Tho

dia cases that

ocour registered a cholera a in the case of the Police some of the Stations during the

or vomiting and purging wers wide. The now Lock Hospital being still oc- ly operated all over the Colony and among year, eighty altogether; of these are very greally infocive in the unwhole twelve only were admitted to Hospital, cupied as a portion of the Civil Hospital, the boat population. No particular dis someness of their surroundings. I shall have oven of whom were suffering from debili che private houses mentioned in ay pre triet was specially attacked. Of course all more to say on this subject when referring by but with no particular symptoms from vious reports are still occupied for this pur- precautions were taken to disinfect all the to the sanitation of the Colony.

the effects of opium; ons from gonorrhosa, pese and are barely suficient to meet the places where such cases were recorded as GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, one from bubo and two from sprains; requirements. I hope, as I said in my last This Establishment remains in the same none had to be admitted owing to any report, to be able to stato next your that

having died. condition as in my hat Annual Report. The effects from the deprivation of opium the patients are transferred to the new the case of the Military, were amongab the The only deaths that occurred, except in foundations, with their mataining walls for Those suffering from debility were admit

admit Buildings.

Table XVG gives the number of patients poorest of the European and Chinese som

No among the

the smokers of opium, The

mong the wall. oldest

to-do apium smoker was 70 years of age and had average number of days detention which is been an opium smoker 62 years his daily. 15,6, showing that the majority of cases

of each ESGLODY and FRENCH MAIL consumption being three maco his reight

There certainly was nothing epidemic in Steamer for Europe Formerly the Over of a mild type,

but The admissions to Hospital this year have

Two members of the Police Force, both the chance of the disease. All the cases land issue was published fortnightly:

occurred as the time the stone frat comes as it was deemed of special importance that taxes of those in 1883. The fol-

figure that ou of these cases, however, it was

decided to inue it lowing table shewa the number and position smoking had not much impaired his

LONDON AND ANTWERP.

For further weekly. Sub- Be to, all brought to Hospital during the past five tire powers.

all brought from a distance, all acribera at The constable, a man of very good elixrac placked in an unripe condition, s gaat deal Ports and in the Interior, who find the

or Passage, apply Ono of the greatest opiam smokers who ter, while defending himself in

THURSDAY, the 8th of July, Company, No. 50A, scuffle of it sold in an in a 1881 1882 1883, 1884, 1885, consumed & muce, was 56 years of age, sul with a number of seamen,

condition an unwholesome

of Overland edition & convenient for

1886, Noon, the Company's unripeness o had

paper

for their convenient form of news

China Mail, now. A with MATE, PASSENGERS, SPECIE 100 be at the end of the first month of his teeth The man struck misst have been poorest class is to be taken into

the weekly compendium of nows from the Far and OARDO, will leave this

Hongkong, June 22, 1886. Be sentence.

account syphilitio sures in the month, auffering from

tables of Shipping, and the London as well as for Marseilles,

other MES! The only other sucker of 5 mice was 64 for the wound received by the Constable the majority of the Military who died gene

Cargo sud-Boccia will be

NOW READY. of age, had been addiated to this developed into a chanore and ultimately brast may be attributed to unwholesoms and

being temperance men. I think this

The various Reports of years

and all other news, are givan Police Cases, 189 207 327 231 238 on asion, was only in Gaol two weeks, showed themselves. The Government, I case of the Mili

troublesome vice 18 years, weighed 10) Iba secondary symptoms of a a very navare form

ansit through Marsillon for the TAB REVENUE OF CHINA.. anything else, which in the in full as they appear in the Dat

Daily us

places

of Europe. the Military might have been ren Apa left with the same weight he came in,

The attention of Advertisers is am happy to has cota pensated the

Tu Bay The lightest weight on admission was 8

dered more innocuous & small amount of to a

is siresleted Noipping Orders will be granted an A SERIES OF ARTICLES weekly nosepads and others, both 80 stable for his injury as far as lies in its shini

which Among old China

Dargo

will be received on board a Fieprinted from. Thus China Bash 20 The încraske is pretty Brenly distributed admitted last year he was $2 years of age. lis was received into the Civil Hospital diarrhoes among the Chinese was in 1878, take the daily journals

The largest number of deaths frem at home and in the Fas

Specia and Parcels until 8 pm, on 'not over all classes but chially noticeable on had only been a suibrer & years; his con- from among the season in port. The 701 there was not the slightest suspicion

(Parcela se 2401 The Overland China Mail will be regularly 7th July, 1888, Pravato Paping Paliente, Government Ser-sumption being only 1 nisce 6 day; he in working of the Contegious Dianatos Ordi of cholers then. This year the diarrhes the Agency's Offrey must be left vant, and Deaditutes. The increase in the cressed in weight. I ib. the flat oath, narice, both among the men and women, cholers and romling and purging cases, all seribers, on their addraces being forwardedContents and value of I

umber of Government Servants is chiefly and was never maderation for any may be considered as very satiatory. included, amounted to 74k. The pagulation to as caused by those employed on the cases are a law queen toets for the sutiLLEE OF THE COLONY, Tait ambule-exovations and tunnel which

in 1878 was astinated at 189,144 and in 9.

Table XVI shews the rate of mortality 1885 175,995 work, and the opium smoking Society to digeat. That a arcongat the European and Anserican re patients

Naertheless, epidemio or not, (kora is from We its angelie.

consuming daily s

zamon (alvalent to the number of rodents for 1835, 6.25, bare shown as a very bad type, terminating Tas surabaty of admissions and deaths drams), increased his weight The in the best proventure for the fast ten in a clicharge of choleraic character, and to

hit one

one man on

s or putrefaction. Then the

I been an opium smoker 36 years; his the mouth inflicting a slight wound on a number of cases registered compared-with change. The fusal, will welcome the {S, S. OXUS, Commandant LEQUEBES Police, 408 649 699 485 400 weight was 116 lbs. on admission, and low-nuckle from contact with the man's the whole community and these only of test, ovatains special Commercial intelli- above pinces et MEN HET B

Board of trade,117 116 115 Private paging

Patienta, 193 (203) ·260 Government

Bervants...67

69

88 105 96

Destitutes,....222 230, 201 222

288

124

701

and

more than

1,236 1,458 1,502 1,354 1,510 The tha, bearler than the lightest weight power Uply one esse of secondary Syahmylants had been taken,

cause.

5

FROM

out

direotact

who do

| p.m.;

to he seat on board, they

Fort

for

the

for

and

140

WITH AN AFFEEPLINA 1818 PAMPHLET is Now - Bendy

and may be had at the s OFFICE OF THE Pirz

value of Packages are zo-

SURSURIPTION †

Per Annum, $12,00,

$100 0.25

Single Dopy 0.80

Chine Met Office, Hongkong,

quited

For further partionials, apply Company Ofice.

(1 m CHAMPFAUX

Hongkong, Jane 25, 1888,

Price

ms proved very unhealthy kang lamai fever MAN: 70 OR A 52 years an opinia smoker sidents in Hongkong Tue percentage to no doubt at all that many cases of damhor Queries: 8.00

10 CINE.

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