HKG-CAR1887-1903

1887-1903

COLONIAL REPORTS.-ANNUAL.

91

17

Military Hospital.

The admissions from among the troops during the past five years were as follows:

Years. # $ Admissions. Deaths. 1886 1,607 9 1887 1,749 14 1888 1,485 21 1889 1,732 16 1890 1,915 15 Total 8,488 75 Average 1,697.6 15.0

Small-pox Hospital.

The admissions during the past five years were as follows:--

Years. Inquests. Admissions. 1886 11 1887 65 1888 99 1889 19 Total 196 Average 39.2

The inquests held during the past five years were as follows:-

Years. Inquests. 1886 120 1887 115 1888 63 1889 76 1890 101

By Ordinance 17 of 1888 the office of coroner is abolished, and the duties thereof transferred to the police magistrates.