CO129-247 - Acting Governor Fleming Governor Des Voeus - 1890 [10-12]

Enclosure.

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A Table shewing the Admissions of European Constables in the Government Civil Hospital during the year 1889.

Diseases # Dysentery 7 Remittent Fever 51 Intermittent Fever 13 Malarial Cachexia 8 Simple continued fever 1 Gonorrhoea 6 Bubo 2 Soft Chancre 2 Syphilis 4 Incised wound of arm 1 Fractured metacarpal bone 1 Gunshot wound of finger 1 Abrasion 1 Ecchymosis of knees 1 Scalp wound 1 Contused wound of thigh 1 Contusion of thigh 1 Sprained ankle 1 Injury to side 1 Dyspepsia 2 Haemorrhoids 1 Erysipelas 1 Synovitis 1 Bronchial Catarrh 1 Diarrhoea 2 Paronychia 1 Alcoholism 9 Hepatitis 9 Psoriasis 1 Oedema of leg 1 Helminthiasis 2 Paresis 1 Rheumatism 4 Otitis externa 1 Impetigo 1 Conjunctivitis 1 Pharyngitis 1 Chronic Bronchitis 1 Periodontal abscess 1 Under Observation 12 Total 166

Summary;

Malaria Fever 36p.c. 60

Venereals 35p.c. 58

Injuries 9.4p.c. 16

Intermittent Fever 8p.c. 13

Dysentery 4p.c. 7

Diarrhoea 1p.c. 2

Five Deaths all from Remittent Fever.

Sf. I. M. Atkinson.

Superintendent.

Government Civil Hospital.