Table I.
Diseases and Deaths in 1918 at the Tung Wa Hospital.
DISEASES Remaining in Hospital at end of 1917. Yearly Total. Admissions. Total Treated. Death's. Remaining in Hospital at end of 1918. GENERAL DISEASES. - - - - - Chicken-pox 2 2 ... ... ... Measles ... 15 15 ... ... Mumps 1 Ο 1 ... ... Lobar Pneumonia.... 3 251 254 125 4 Diphtheria ... 15 15 10 ... Typhoid Fever 12 ... 12 9 ... Febricula 2 0 2 ... ... Erysipelas 1 0 1 ... ... Septicæmia 4 ... 4 4 ... Tetanus... 4 ... 5 4 ... Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 486 ... 486 299 ... Small-pox.. 3 ... 3 2 ... Influenza 639 ... 639 144 8 Plague 96 ... 96 84 ... Dysentery. 6 162 168 79 5 Beri-beri 38 866 904 389 67 Leprosy 1 ... 1 0 ... Malarial Fever :- ... ... ... ... ... (a) Benign Tertian 7 0 7 ... ... (b) Malignant 13 57 70 23 ... (c) Malarial Cachexia. 14 0 14 ... ... Syphilis :- ... ... ... ... ... Acquired 3 105 108 16 2 Tuberculosis:- ... ... ... ... ... (a) Phthisis Pulmonalis 20 515 535 309 41 (b) Generalised 1 8 9 8 ... Gonorrhoea 48 ... 48 ... 47 Rheumatism 47 ... 47 ... ... New Growths :- ... ... ... ... ... (a) Non-malignant ... ... ... ... ... (b) Malignant 1 4 ... ... ... Anaemia ... 108 ... ... ... Senile Debility ONON 462 472 2 0 LOCAL DISEASES. ... ... ... ... ... Diseases of the Nervous System ... ... ... ... ... I.-Organic. ... ... ... ... ... Diseases of the Nerves, Meninges, Brain and Cord 28 332 360 128 11 Carried forward, 118 3,813 3,931 1,682 151