597
to find that the admissions
"Hospital, in so
to Ho
!
far
as
the Police are concerned,
show
a.
considerable decrease
when compared with
those of the
of the previous year, and this notwithstanding that during 1889 the Force
was increased by seventy
three men.
There was, however,
an
increase of admissions as regards the European portion of the Force. This fact would
seem
> seem to call
for
some
enquiry which I shall not fail to make.
3.
As regards the
Troops there has been
an
increase
of admissions to
the Hospital when compared with 1888 but, as Dr Ayres
justly remarks, there has
been
a considerable increase
in their strength.
It is worthy of remark
that while the rate of mortality of the European
Police