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Return of Diseases and Deaths (In-Patients) for the Year 1928.
APPENDIX D.
GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS.
APPENDIX E.
CHINESE HOSPITALS.
Diseases Remain ing in Hospital at end of 1927 Admis- sions Deaths Total Treated Remain ing in Hospital at end of 1928 Remain Yearly Total Brought forward...... 169 5,785 338 5,954 213 698 18,573 3,700 19,261 645 XIV-Affections produced by External Causes,—Continued. Food Poisoning 16 16 Attacks of poisonous animals :- Snake Bite 3 1 1 3 Insect Bite 1 161 2 Other accidental Poisonings 15 90 91 2 Burns (by Fire) 3 3 2 6 21 301 2 322 13 Drowning (accidental) 42 Burns (other than by Fire) 202 14 3 16 Suffocation (accidental).. 247 41 247 14 Wounds (by Firearms, war excepted)... 13 13 1 1 Wounds (by cutting or stabbing Instruments) Wounds (by Fall) 21 6 10 10 Wounds (by Machinery) Wounds (crushing, e.g. railway accidents, &c.) 11 Injuries inflicted by Animals, Bites, Kicks, &c. 39 44 38 Over fatigue 43 23 35 3 Exposure to Cold, Frost bite, &c. 30 32 Exposure to Heat :- Heatstroke 17 Sun-stroke ::: 2 2 14 14 Electric Shock 1 12 Murder by cutting or stabbing Instruments 10 10 Dislocation 129 Sprain 21 193 214 13 Fracture 74 114 Other external Injuries 114 3 23 546 21 569 87550 12 79 3 Carried forward.......... 216 7,191 459 7,407 278 739 19,664 3,726 20,303 693