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the Colonial Surgeon (Detyres) - Annual Report for 1883 which ~ deals with the state of health of ~
the Wlise Forec.
Dotyres bears in witness to the increasing number of admissions from the Police to the Civil Hospital. In the 10th
- paragraph of his Report he
bserves as
follows:-
in 1874, the
"Ten years ago, -strength of the Forse was 648, as
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compared with 658 in 1883. The
sishness
among
The Force in 187/4
was 346 as con mpared with 599 in 1883. The admissions of Europeans
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to Hospital in 187/4
were 64, their strength being 116. In 1883 it is
114 with a strength of 113. That
"is to say,
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the sickness has
nearly doubled, while the
"strength has been a trifle "lessened. The deaths among
among them (the
the Europeans) were in 187/4, 1;
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in 1883, 2; showing that the ~
mcrease of sickness amongst ..
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them cannot be attributed to
"the increase in severity of.
"disease.
was