366

Of the 183 deaths, 54 were admitted moribund death occurring within a few hours after reception into the Receiving Ward, 19 of which were Plague.

64 male and 22 Female corpses were received into the Hospital Mortuary to await burial. Of these 25 males and 8 females were sent to the Public Mortuary for Post mortem examination as suspected cases of Plague or other infectious disease.

Eight Post mortem examinations were made in the Public Mortuary on bodies died in the hospital.

During the quarter free burials were provided for 321 persons this includes burials of all Chinese from Government Civil Hospital and the Public Mortuary dying from non-infectious diseases.

47,831 males and 2,180 females total 50,011 seen in the Out-patient department during the quarter.

200 destitute persons were temporarily housed and

Sent from Registrar-General's Office 19 Po Leung Kuk 5 Canton 11 11 **Sigon 117 FI Amoy 23 25 Shipwrecked

During the quarter the Resident Surgeon performed the following surgical operations with one death:-

Paracentesis Abdominis 2 Circumcision 1 Lateral Lithotomy 3 Extraction of bullets 2 Removal of necrosed bone 1 Excision of Cystic Tumour 1 Entropion 1 Pterygium 1 Amputation at middle of forearm 1
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