TEMPORARY LOCK HOSPITAL.
This is still in the old school-house mentioned in my report for 1880. Part of the building has now become unsafe and cannot be used. Both the new and the old Lock Hospitals are being used as a temporary Government Civil Hospital.
The number of cases admitted to Hospital was 44; of these there were some bad cases of syphilis, their long detention, and the small number of admissions, has caused a rise in the average number of days detention to 21, the highest average reached in the nine years I have had to report upon.
There have been no prosecutions this year, and the sly brothels have become alarmingly numerous, both those used by Europeans and Chinese. The better class of the Chinese have many times spoken to me with disgust at the state of things, saying that they cannot trust their boys out without servants being in charge of them, for fear they should be enticed into these houses. With the new orders that have lately been received from Home concerning the working of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, it must be expected that there will be a great increase of admissions to the Lock Hospital, and how they are to be provided for I really cannot say, the present accommodation being very small, and what there is unfit for any European cases.
The number that submitted voluntarily to examination was 181 and the number of examinations made 8,440. In 1873 the number that submitted voluntarily was 333 and the number of examinations was 16,474 or nearly double the number. The number that submitted voluntarily in 1877 was 255 and the number of examinations made was 13,065, this was the year of the Commission of Enquiry into the working of this Ordinance. The difference in the numbers of the years 1873 and 1877, is to be accounted for by there being less demand, owing to the great decrease in the number of ships in Harbour. Sailing ships giving way to steamers and the latter being more rapid in their movements and not being detained so long in Harbour, there are not so many seamen in Port and those that are have less leave owing to the short time they are in Port. The amount of disease among private patients of the different practitioners in the Colony has increased to a great extent, and in my own practice I have not found a single case that could be attributed to a registered house.
The number of men admitted to the Military Hospital suffering from venereal disease, was 136 as compared with 164 last year; of this number 3 cases were not contracted in Hongkong, but came from Portsmouth in the steamer Scotland.
The number of cases admitted into the Naval Hospital was 245, as compared with 181 in 1880; of these 115 cases were not contracted in Hongkong.
The number of Police admissions to Hospital from this cause were 37 as compared with 47 in 1880; of this number 2 were not contracted in Hongkong.
The number of cases admitted into the Government Civil Hospital, was 96 as compared with 60 in 1880; 50 of these were not contracted in Hongkong.
From the causes mentioned in previous reports, it is difficult to estimate from these tables the amount of disease contracted here. The soldiers, when new arrivals, always get into trouble more than when they have been here some time and know their way about. The Police, who know their way about, suffer little. The Naval seamen it is hard to judge by, as they are continually moving about and many cases are treated on board ship and do not appear in these tables. The seamen admitted to the Civil Hospital do not give any fair estimate; many have left the Port before the disease has been discovered and many are treated on board by the Doctors of the vessels or those who practice in the Harbour. The number of women admitted to the Lock Hospital forms no criterion as there are, as I say, so many sly brothels. There is, so say the Chinese, hardly a street in the Chinese quarter of the town, in which there are not several of these houses, many streets in which there are a number of them.
The number of cases of Secondary Syphilis among the registered women admitted to Hospital was 2.
The number of Naval seamen suffering from Secondary Syphilis believed to have been contracted in Hongkong, was 5, the total number admitted to the Naval Hospital for this cause was 32.
The number of Soldiers who contracted the primary disease in Hongkong and suffered from Secondary Syphilis was 19. The number admitted to the Military Hospital from this cause was 21.
The number of Police admitted to Hospital for Secondary Syphilis was 2.
The number admitted to the Government Civil Hospital for Secondary Syphilis was 26; of which 4 only were contracted in Hongkong.
HEALTH OF THE COLONY AND SANITATION.
The census was taken last year and the number of Europeans was found to be 3,040 as compared with 2,767 for the previous four years 1877 to 1880 inclusive and 2,520 for the previous five years 1872 to 1876.
TEMPORARY LOCK HOSPITAL.
This is still in the old school-house mentioned in my report for 1880. Part of the building has now become unsafe and cannot be used. Both the new and the old Lock Hospitals are being used as a temporary Government Civil Hospital.
The number of cases admitted to Hospital was 44; of these there were some bad cases of syphilis, their long detention, and the small number of admissions, has caused a rise in the average number of days detention to 21, the highest average reached in the nine years I have had to report upon.
There have been no prosecutions this year, and the sly brothels have become alarmingly numerous, both those used by Europeans and Chinese. The better class of the Chinese have many times spoken to me with disgust at the state of things, saying that they cannot trust their boys out without servants being in charge of them, for fear they should be enticed into these houses. With the new orders that have lately been received from Home concerning the working of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, it must be expected that there will be a great increase of admissions to the Lock Hospital, and how they are to be provided for I really cannot say, the present accommodation being very small, and what there is unfit for any European cases.
The number that submitted voluntarily to examination was 181 and the number of examinations made 8,440. In 1873 the number that submitted voluntarily was 333 and the number of examina- tions was 16,474 or nearly double the number. The number that submitted voluntarily in 1877 was 255 and the number of examinations made was 13,065, this was the year of the Commission of En- quiry into the working of this Ordinance. The difference in the numbers of the years 1873 and 1877, is to be accounted for by there being less demand, owing to the great decrease in the number of ships in Harbour. Sailing ships giving way to steamers and the latter being more rapid in their movements and not being detained so long in Harbour, there are not so many. seamen in Port and those that are have less leave owing to the short time they are in Port. The amount of disease among private patients of the different practioners in the Colony has increased to a great extent, and in my own practice I have not found a single case that could be attributed to a registered house.
The number of men, admitted to the Military Hospital suffering from venereal disease, was 136 as compared with 164 last year; of this number 3 cases were not contracted in Hongkong, but came from Portsmouth in the steamer Scotland.
The number of cases, admitted into the Naval Hospital was 245, as compared with 181 in 1880; of these 115 cases were not contracted in Hongkong.
The number of Police admissions to Hospital from this cause were 37 as compared with 47 in 1880; of this number 2 were not contracted in Hongkong.
The number of cases admitted into the Government Civil Hospital, was 96 as compared with 60 in 1880; 50 of these were not contracted in Hongkong.
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From the causes mentioned in previous reports, it is difficult to estimate from these tables the amount of disease contracted here. The soldiers, when new arrivals, always get into trouble more than when they have been here some time and know their way about. The Police, who know their way about, suffer little. The Naval seamen it is hard to judge by, as they
as they are continually moving about and many cases are treated on board ship and do not appear in these tables. The seamen admitted to the Civil Hospital do not give any fair estimate; many have left the Port before the disease has been *discovered and many are treated on board by the Doctors of the vessels or those who practice in the Harbour. The number of women admitted to the Lock Hospital forms no criterion as there are, as I say, so many sly brothels. There is, so say the Chinese, hardly a street in the Chinese quarter of the town, in which there are not several of these houses, many streets in which there are a number of them.
The number of cases of Secondary Syphilis among the registered women admitted to Hospital
was 2.
The number of Naval seamen, suffering from Secondary Syphilis believed to have been contracted in Hongkong, was 5, the total number admitted to the Naval Hospital for this cause was 32.
The number of Soldiers who contracted the primary disease in Hongkong and suffered from Secondary Syphilis was 19. The number admitted to the Military Hospital from this cause was 21.
The number of Police admitted to Hospital for Secondary Syphilis was 2.
The number admitted to the Government Civil Hospital for Secondary Syphilis was 26; of which 4 only were contracted in Hongkong.
HEALTH OF THE COLONY AND SANITATION.
The census was taken last year and the number of Europeans was found to be 3,040 as compared with 2,767 for the previous four years 1877 to 1880 inclusive and 2,520 for the previous five years 1872 to 1876.
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