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The sexes were unequally represented, 3,689 being males and 758 females.
Deaths. 340 patients died; 146 of these died within twenty-four hours after they were admitted. The death rate was 7.6 per cent.
The death rates according to sex and nationality were:-
Males Females Europeans ... ... Indians ... ... Chinese and others ... ... 6 per cent. 13 17 2.4 2.5 9.1 ... 10.6 ...Operations performed.-820 were performed under general anaesthesia, including those operations for which the Ho Tung Professor of Surgery was responsible. The X-ray apparatus worked in a satisfactory manner and 300 examinations were made with it. A list of the more important operations performed includes the following:-
For the removal of benign growths 19 " malignant growths 15 " cysts ... " tuberculous glands 12 " varicose veins ... Excision of superior maxilla ... Removal of sequestra of bone 12 Amputation through the arm ... " thigh 12 " leg 19 " elbow joint ... " knee ... " of toes 24 " fingers 8 " breast 2 " wrist 1 " ankle ... Excision of tongue (partial) 3 Hernia, radical cure of 16 " strangulated 11 Laparotomy, (exploratory) 17 " for wounds of viscera ... " for septic peritonitis 2 Gastro-enterostomy 4 For tropical abscess of liver 2 Colostomy ... Cholecystectomy ... Hysterectomy 4 Ovariotomy 21 Litholapaxy ... Appendicectomy 11 For rupture of urethra ... Excision of spleen 1 Haemorrhoids ... Skin grafting 26...
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