cases treated:
The following table shows the number of
Male Female Total
44
Under treatment, 1st. April
113 16
129
Admitted, April June
582 73
655
Total number treated
784
Discharged
383 41
424
Died
172 29
201
Total
625
Remaining, 1st. July
140
19
159
A considerable proportion of those who died
were moribund on admission.
In addition, there were brought in dead to
wait for burial the bodies of 94 males and 27 females,121 n
all. In the case of these an approximate diagnosis of the
causes of death was made by inspection of the bodies and
careful cross-examination of the relatives as to the duratio
and symptons of the illness preceding death.
Of the 784 cases treated,116 were
treated
by Dr. Chung according to Western methods. Among the cases
discharged were 9 sent to Government Civil Hospital,2 to the
Government Lunatic Asylum,1 to Italian Convent,2 to Nether-
and 8 to Kennedy town Hospital. sole Hospital The last named included 5 cases of small-pox
and 3 of bubonic plague. All cases of suspected Plague are
isolated in the Receiving Ward, and specimens of the blood
sent to Government Civil Hospital for microscopic examina-
tion and diagnosis.