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Tung Wah Plague Hospital.
During the year there were 280 admissions as compared with 61 in 1907.
Plague. There were 275 admissions for Plague and of these 1 escaped and 240 died—87.5%.
Varieties.—Under European treatment,
Bubonic Septic Pneumonic European 15 0 6 Chinese 253 0 1 Total, 268 0 7 Bubonic Septic Pneumonic Deaths. Under European treatment, 12 0 6 Chinese 221 1 1 Total, 233 1 7Analysis of Deaths.
Died within 48 hours after admission,....... 187
"" between 2nd and 5th day after admission, 42
"" after 5th day after admission, 11
Therefore of the 45 patients who lived for more than five days after admission, 34 recovered 75.5%.
Diseases Treated: Admitted Died Recovered Plague, 275 240 34* Cholera, 3 3 0 Malaria, 1 0 1 Syphilis, 1 1 0 280 244 35* One case escaped from the wards.
WILLIAM B. A. MOORE,
Visiting Medical Officer.
Annexe G.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER TO VICTORIA GAOL,
The general health of the prisoners has been good. The admissions to Hospital numbered 432, but of these 152 were admitted for observation and found to be malingering, so that there were only 280 admissions for genuine illnesses, a percentage of 5·8 (3 in 1907) on the total admissions to the Gaol.
There were only 17 cases of Dysentery with no deaths as compared with 20 last year with 3 deaths and 38 in 1906, with 3 deaths.
The replacing of the old drinking tins, by vessels made of zinc, having covers, will probably further reduce the incidence of this disease in the future.
Malaria shows an increase of 12 as compared with last year. The following figures show the number treated in the Gaol Hospital for the past 9 years :-
1900, 52 1901, 163 1902, 98 1903, 63 1904, 93 1905, 229 1906, 59 1907, 56 1908, 68