53.--Dr. MARQUES was twice sent over to Stone Cutters' Island in charge of Cholera patients there, and though there were but two mat huts in which they had to weather a stormy time, and were subject to some unpleasant privations, he performed his task with an energy and willingness and tact that cannot be too much commended.
In his absence, Dr. A. J. WHARRY, who was practising in this Colony, took charge of his duties at the temporary Lock Hospital.
54.-Table XVa. shews the number of admissions to Hospital, which was 273. It also shews the average number of days they were treated or detained, which was 12, the lowest average reached in the last twenty-six years, which shews that the type of disease in the great majority of cases was not of a severe character, and this in spite of the number of women admitted being nearly trebled compared with 1882.
Table XVb. shews the number of women brought under the Provisions of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance.
No. 15d. shews the number of women treated in the Hospital, and the nature of the complaints treated. Only four cases of a constitutional character were under treatment during the year.
Table XVd. shews the number of women arrested, which was 201, and of those convicted, which was 158, as compared with 25 in 1882. Of these 46 were found to be diseased and were detained in Hospital.
Table XVc. shews the number of cases admitted to the different Hospitals.
The admissions to the Military Hospital were 153, as compared with 132 in 1882.
The admissions to the Naval Hospital were 225. Of these 65 cases were not contracted in Hong-kong, as compared with 168 in 1882, with 58 cases not contracted in Hongkong.
Of the Police 42 were admitted as compared with 40 in 1882.
In the Civil Hospital 93 men were admitted as compared with 124 in 1882. The total number of men treated in all the Hospitals was 513, as compared with 569 in 1882.
Table XVe. shews the character of the diseases from which the men in the different Hospitals suffered, and their proportionate numbers, and the totals, as compared with the two previous years.
Table XVe2. shews the number of Naval Seamen out of the 225 who contracted constitutional disease, which was 32; of these cases only 8 were contracted in Hongkong.
Table XVe3. shews the number of the Military who contracted constitutional diseases in Hong-kong, which was 13.
55. Thus it is shewn that but a little over one per cent of the men contracted the peculiar form of disease that the Contagious Diseases Ordinance is meant to stamp out, and, so far, this Port shews a cleaner bill of Health in this respect than most Home Stations where the Act is in force.
But there is still a great amount of work to be done in Hongkong to stamp out the existence of sly brothels.
HEALTH OF THE COLONY.
56.-Table XVI. shews the Rate of Mortality among Europeans and American Residents in Hongkong during 1883, and for the previous nine years. The percentage to number of residents is 2.06, the lowest but 2 in the past ten years.
Table XVII. shews the mean state of the atmosphere during the year 1883.
The rain fall was 117.20 inches, the greatest rain fall in the past 9 years.
In August the rain fall was 24.42 inches, in September 26.70.
57.--I have given the tables of the death rates for the past eleven years among European and Chinese, as registered in Hongkong from diseases which may be caused by filth poison.
DEATHS AMONG CHINESE.
YEAR 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. Enteric, Fevers Simple Continued,.. 12 125 96 46 31 291 94 145 343 370 Typhus, 16 2 8 89 116 309 438 679 262 481 733 373 168 71 571 33 21 38 3 Diarrhoea,.... 195 231 288 Totals,..... 319 402 259 311 612 696 834 701 608 848 435 465 660 1,304 1,478 1,030 1,079 1,215 1,496Page 90
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