1841-1886
REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PRESENT STATE
greatest number confined on any one day in 1870 was on the 31st August, when there were-
Europeans Indians
Chinese -
Total
13 113
449 575
The smallest number in gaol during the same year was on the 17th March, when there were-
Europeans Indians
Chinese -
Total
14 78
338 430
The greatest amount of sickness occurred on the 31st August, when there were:
Hospital cases Trifling cases
Total-
6 20
26
The smallest amount of sickness was recorded on the 11th November, when there were-
Hospital cases Trifling cases
Total-
0 8
8
There is very little to record in reference to the sickness of the past year in this institution. Three of the four deaths which occurred arose from fever, the fourth being a case of sun-stroke in an European. The building is neatness itself, and as long as its management continues in the able hands of Mr. Douglas, it must remain a model of good order, and perfect discipline, combined with as much kindness and consideration, as the control of such a number of criminals will admit of.
IV.-THE Lock Hospital.
In my last Annual Report I entered so fully into the question of the working of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, and this establishment, that I need do little more, on the present occasion, than refer to the statistics contained in Tables A, B, C, and D of the Appendix. It will be seen that a great improvement has taken place during the past year. In the two hospitals, the percentage of contagious diseases contracted in Hong Kong to all admissions, was
379