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boolies in health and disease, promiscuously, sleep in lofts above the stalls; in short, it' contains every arrangement worthy of condemn =
ation, every
ance which ought to be removed,
nuisance
and certainly adds to the insalubrity of the
town.
Notwithstanding the facilities which
the large drains afford, persons every day build houses without any drainage whatever. In
many of the streets the refice from the
away upon the surface,
houses is drained.
in
in a
the
open channels, and reposes at last-
stagnant and open pool, until the
heat of the sun
or
: first decomposes and then
dries it up. Persons building houses should
be compelled to drain them under the direction of the Surveyor General.
The Seaman's Hospital. The following table exhibits the
1552
79
diseases and mortality in this institution during
the year 1852.
5
Seamen's Hospital - Hongkong)
Number of Cases admitted and number of Deaths, 1852.
Caves Deaths.
12
Brought forward. 88
Diseases.
Caces. Death
Diseases,
Abeau..
6
2
Arthritis...
2
•
Influenza..
Ascites.. Bronchitis..
Caries of Cibia. Congestion of Spleen 3 Constipation.. Delirium trement- Diarrhoea...
Dysentery.. bezem.....
2
1 Injuries, Contusions 4
Faandice.
Lumbago. Ophthalmis. Orchitis..
2
3
Scrivstitis.
2
•
Phthisis.
•
//
6 Pneumonia..
6
2
Fever, Intermittent. 14
Remittent.
Fristula in An... Fractures.
Furunculus. Gangrend of Fort. Gastritis.
3
/
•
8
Rheumatism, Chronic 12
1 Rubeola..
Syphilitic 8
Scorbutus.. Scrofula
2
Spinal Irritation Stricture of Urethra ! Syphilis, Primary 2.2
Gonorrhoea.
5
Secondary 15
Haemorrhoids.
3
Ulcers.
3
Hemiplegia...
Variola..
52
20
Hepatitis.
3
White swelling. I
Hernia, Inguinal — 2
Carried forward 88
12
232 37
the mortality
Proportion of Deaths to baces 16 per cent ; but,
omitting the Small-pox cases,
for all other diseases is reduced to 91⁄2 fear
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