CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10]

5. TABLE shewing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the GAOL during the Year 1862.

TOTAL NO. OF PRISONERS. AVERAGE NO. OF PRISONERS. TOTAL SICK IN HOSPITAL. TOTAL SICK TRIFLING CASES. RATE OF SERIOUS SICKNESS. RATE OF MORTALITY. 3,542 6581 176 3,540

7.-TABLE shewing the ADMISSIONS into the GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL during the Five Years of its existence, with the Number of Diets issued and the Average Length of Treatment.

YEAR ADMISSIONS. NO. OF DIETS ISSUED. AVERAGE NO. OF DAYS TREATED. TOTAL DEATHS. Rate of Mortality to Total. Rate of Mortality to Average. 1858 124 4,798 38.8 4 3.23 0.73 1859 361 5,389 30.8 17 4.71 1860 162 9,107 23.4 8 4.96 1861 442 10,778 23.7 31 7.01 4.65 1862 485 12,198 22.0 26 5.36 Total 1,574 42,270 86 5.46

8.-TABLE shewing the Monthly Admissions, Classification of Diseases, and Average Duration of Treatment of each in the GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL during the Year 1862.

MONTHS GONORRHEA. CHANCRES. DISEASES. ULCERS OF UTERUS. TOTAL CASES. January 15 34 15 1 65 February 10 40 28 5 83 March 9 53 43 105 April 8 39 27 1 75 May 11 33 34 78 June 6 26 45 5 82 July 1 10 23 34 August 8 20 25 53 September 2 20 17 1 40 October 29 16 10 1 56 November 25 2 33 60 December 4 13 20 37 TOTAL 128 306 320 14 768

6. TABLE showing the MORTALITY in the following INSTITUTIONS in VICTORIA, HONGKONG.

I.-Government Civil Hospital. Admissions. Deaths. Average Days treated. Europeans 231 33 15 Chinese 442 13 16 Colored Persons 155 9 10 II. Seaman's Hospital. Europeans 43 1 12 Chinese 9 1 20 Colored Persons 12 5 III-Gaol. Europeans 21 32 Chinese 32 1 11 Colored Persons 11 35

9. TABLE shewing the Rate of MORTALITY among the FOREIGN RESIDENTS in HONGKONG during the last Five Years.

DISEASES. 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 TOTAL I-Small Pox 4 4 Diarrhea, Dysentery 20 17 6 22 10 75 Cholera 154 154 Intermittent Fever 6 1 7 Remittent Fever 10 43 25 5 22 105 Continued Fever 1 1 2 Typhus Fever Primary Syphilis Bubo Gonorrhoea Secondary Syphilis 1 1 Sloughing phagedaena of Penis II.-Dropsy 3 1 4 6 14 Abscess Ulcer Phagaedenic ulcer Fistula in Ano Scorbutus III-Scrofula Phthisis 18 14 7 11 11 61 IV-Paralysis 1 1 Delirium Tremens 1 1 Insanity Sun Stroke Epilepsy Apoplexy and Concussion of Brain 4 3 1 3 11 Spinal Disease V-Aneurism Disease of Heart 5 3 1 1 10 VI. Tonsillitis Catarrh Bronchitis 3 1 4 Pneumonia and pleuro pneumonia 10 6 1 3 3 23 Asthma VII-Dyspepsia Ascitis Colic Constipation Hepatitis 6 1 7 Jaundice Vomiting of Blood Hemorrhoids Worms Enteritis Gastritis Hernia VIII-Stricture of Urethra Orchitis Hydrocele Bright's Disease X-Rheumatism Hydrops Articuli Dislocations XI Phlegmon Tumors Eezyma Psoriasis Scabies 1 1 Lupus Filaria Medinenses or Guinea Worm XVII-Drunk Starvation Debility Burns Fractures Wounds, (incised) Wounds, (Gun shot) Contusions Amputations Opiurn Smoking XVIII-Impostors Observation, Other Diseases XIX. Ophthalmia NO. OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN RESIDENTS. 1,462 1,031 1,592 1,557 1,557 BURIALS OF RESIDENTS IN PROTESTANT AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERIES. 110 70 51 101 46 378 PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS TO NO. OF RESIDENTS. 7.52 6.66 3.20 6.47 2.95 5.25

10.-TABLE shewing the Work performed by the INSPECTOR of NUISANCES during the Year 1862.

SUMMONSES ISSUED PERSONS FINED PERSONS DISCHARGED NOTICES ISSUED AMOUNT OF FINES FOR DEFECTIVE DRAINAGE FOR CUMULATION OF FILTH In Dollars In Sterling 1,403 1,317 86 5,671 3,206 $1,207.00 £270.6.8