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DISEASE AND DEATHS IN 1923 SHOWING THE ADMISSIONS AND MORTALITY IN THE KWONG WA HOSPITAL WITH THE PROPORTION OF CASES TREATED BY EUROPEAN AND CHINESE METHODS RESPECTIVELY.
DISEASES.
Remaining in Hospital at the end of ADMISSIONS. European treatment. Chinese treatment. Total. DEATHS. European treatment. Chinese treatment. Total. 1922 1923 CAUSED BY INFECTIONS. Diphtheria 6 4 10 5 1 6 Dysentery 70 76 146 7 4 11 Enteric :- (a) Typhoid fever 24 25 49 1 1 2 Gonorrhoea 19 9 28 ... ... ... Influenza 11 ... 11 1 ... 1 Leprosy. 11 3 ... 14 ... ... ... Malaria 266 309 575 101 98 199 Malarial Cachexia ... ... ... ... ... ... Measles ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Meningococcal Infection:-- Cerebral Spinal Fever. 2 ... 2 2 ... 2 Mumps ... ... ... ... ... ... Plague ... ... ... ... ... ... Small Pox. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Syphilis (a) acquired ... ... ... ... ... ... Tuberculosis 21 210 ... 231 56 4 60 Diseases of the Nervous System. Eye 37 20 57 1 ... 1 Ear 9 29 38 ... ... ... Diseases due to disorders of Nutrition of the male organs of generation.. ... ... ... ... ... ... Circulatory System... 11 52 63 3 14 17 Respiratory 27 16 43 ... ... ... Digestive 424 370 794 278 203 481 organs of Locomotion. 8 1 9 ... ... ... Skins 1 23 2 26 ... ... ... Urinary System 9 19 28 ... ... ... Areolar Tissues 166 99 265 60 39 99 General Injuries 52 44 96 27 35 62 Local Injuries 421 13 434 6 ... 6 New growth: (a) non Malignant 3 23 26 ... ... ... (b) Malignant 2 18 20 ... ... ... Poisons 29 ... 29 ... ... ... Animal parasites ... ... ... ... ... ... Parturitions 441 161 602 32 11 43 Total.... 218 228 4,299 1,842 6,141 939 655 1,594