CO129-279 - Public Offices - 1897

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STATISTICS OF VENEREAL DISEASE 1884-6 as compared with 1894-6.

1.

Ratio per 1000.

Admissions into Hospital.

Disease 1884 1885 1886 1894 1895 1896 Primary Syphilis 31.2 34.3 31.7 67.8 44.2 65.3 Secondary Syphilis 23.2 24.7 — 67.8 — — Gonorrhoea 90.6 79.1 63.4 190.1 106.1 192.7 Total 145.0 138.1 156.8 325.7 300.3 359.8

2. Ratio per 1000.

Constantly inefficient.

Disease 1884 1885 1886 1894 1895 1896 Primary Syphilis 2.92 2.63 2.82 6.39 3.91 5.51 Secondary Syphilis 1.68 1.85 2.18 4.32 4.43 5.84 Gonorrhoea 6.19 4.43 6.13 14.85 8.32 12.18 Total 10.79 8.91 11.13 24.42 23.18 26.01

Average increase in ratio per 1000 of admissions for all forms of venereal disease.. 181.9

Average increase in ratio per 1000 constantly sick for all forms of venereal disease. 14.26

A still larger increase is apparent in the statistics for the first four months of the present year the ratio per 1000 being:-

Admissions Constantly sick Primary Syphilis 99.03 9.92 Secondary Syphilis 101.10 8.17 Gonorrhoea 299.16 20.94 Totals 499.29 39.03

The statistics for the years 1884-6 include those of the Straits Settlements but this would not materially alter the figures.

Hong Kong, 18th May, 1897.

(Signed)

Surg.Colonel. Prin.Med.Officer, China, Hong Kong.