1841-1886
STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
THE CIVIL HOSPITAL
The following Table shows the Number of Cases and the Mortality under each Disease during the Year 1858 :—
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Disease. Cases. Deaths. Abscess Amputations Anasarca Apoplexia Ascites Bronchitis 2 3 Burns 5 Cholera Asiatica 14 Colica 21 Constipatio 15 Contusio 11 Delirium tremens Diarrhoea 32 Diplopia 1 Dysenteria 49 Dyspepsia 1 Febris intermittens 108 Febris remittens 22 Fistula in Ano I Fractura 3 Gonorrhea 11 Granular conjunctiva Carried over 319 ||9-9-19 | | 199 18 12° 11 12 Disease. Cases. Deaths. Brought forward, 319. 70 Hepatitis Hamoptysis 1 Hæmorrhoids 2 Heart disease # Icterus 1 Lapra Mania Orchitis Phthisis 1 .2 Pneumonia 3 Psora Rheumatism Stricture of Urethra 29 Syphilis, primary Syphilis, secondary 1 Ulcers 5 Vertigo Variola 1 Wounds, gunshot 3 Wounds, incised 22 ******-* ON 1 1 Total 450 80Mortality, 17.88 per cent.
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The apparently heavy mortality in this hospital is owing to the number of deaths entered under the heads of "Dysentery," and "Intermittent and Remittent Fever," and "Diarrhea." A very large majority of the fatal cases under these heads were destitute Chinese and Indians, who had been picked up by the police in a moribund condition, and were only brought up to the hospital to die.
THE SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL.
The following Table shows the Number of Cases and Mortality under each Disease during the Year 1858:-
Disease. Cases. Deaths. Amputation Berri Berri Cholera Asiatica Colica Contusions Debility Pneumonia Disease. Cases. Deaths. Brought forward 165 39 Ophthalmia 2 Orchitis 3 Paralysis Phthisis S001 Delirium tremens 2 Rheumatism 20 Diarrhea 7 2 Scorbutus * 1 Dislocation Spinal Disease Dysentery 64 Stricture of Urethra 2 Febris intermittens 51 Syphilis, primary 33 Febris remittens 1 Syphilis, secondary by Fractures Ulcers 11 Gastritis Variola 12 Gonorrhoea Wounds, gunshot 2 Hepatitis 7 Wounds, incised 1 Hernia Other diseases Heart Disease 3 Carried over 165 39 Total 288 48Mortality 16 per cent.
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