Table I.
Diseases and Deaths in 1923 at the Civil, Victoria, and Gaol Hospitals.
CIVIL HOSPITAL. VICTORIA HOSPITAL. GAOL HOSPITAL. Nomenclature, Remain ing in Hospital on 31st Dec., 1922. Admissions. Deaths. Total Cases Treated. Remain-ing in Hospital on 31st Dec., 1923. Remain-ing in Hospital on 31st Dec., 1922. Yearly Total Admissions. Total Cases Treated. Deaths. Remain-ing in Hospital on 31st Dec., 1923. Brought forward....... 42 1,908 105 1,945 51 3 145 145 3 6 A Diseases of the Respiratory System, Continued. Pleurodynia....... 3 3 Bronchitis (Acute). 118 118 19 19 19 1 Asthma 43 9 Pneumonia (Lobar) 60 24 66 ** (Lobular) 26 16 *26 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 95 24 Pleurisy 20 Empyema Hæmoptysis 10 10 3 5 Asphyxia... Diseases of the Teeth and Gums :- Dental caries Pyorrhoea alveolaris Gingivitis Cancrum Oris Alveolar Abscess 1 1 Odontoma Diseases of the Digestive System :— Stomatitis Necrosis of Jaw Tonsillitis 60 * 50 - 13 2 1 I 8 Pharyngitis 1 Gastritis I 101 102 2 2 2 Gastric Ulcer 3 Gastric Carcinoma 2 Haematemesis Indigestion Enteritis +22 187 32 42 2 1,90 33 ** Appendicitis 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 Colitis ++ 2 H Gall stones Sprue 3 ... Hernia inguinal 14 ... Diarrhoea.... ... Constipation 1 40 Tuberculosis ** Carried forward.................. 63 2,799 183 2,862 81 ૩ 194 4 194 5 233 8 236 3 1