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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941

HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.

The total number of admissions to hospital, and deaths during the last five years are shown below.

Years. Admissions. Deaths. 1877 950 49 1878 1,289 50 1879 1,071 55 1880 1,055 44 1881 1,236 49

The admissions from the police force, and the number of deaths for the past five years are as follows:-

Year. Admissions. Deaths. 1877 418 6 1878 566 6 1879 566 8 1880 588 13 1881 498 10

The admissions of the Europeans were 126 in 1880, as compared with 89 in 1881; the Chinese were 243 in 1880, as compared with 198 in 1881; and the Indians were 224 in 1880, as compared with 214 in 1881.

Troops.

The number of admissions for the last five years are as follows:-

Year. Admissions. Deaths. 1877 973 0 1878 944 10 1879 1,055 8 1880 1,075 13 1881 1,116 4

Small-pox Hospital.

The admissions for the past five years have been as follows:-

Year. Admissions. 1877 25 1878 7 1879 13 1880 9 1881 7

There were three deaths in 1881.