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Lead poisoning.-Two cases are recorded for the year and in 1923 one case was noted.
In the previous four years no case was admitted. I am unable to account for this curious absence of poisoning amid circumstance which would ordinarily cause plumbism to appear.
Venereal Diseases.-The result for the past four years are:--
Syphilis Gonorrhoea 1924... 421 58 1923... 585 78 1922... 351 61 1921... 255 42It was pointed out last year that there had been a steady increase in Venereal Diseases' admissions but this year's figures do not bear this out. I am unable to give any explanation of it but it would be more than rash to deduce real reduction from the figures. The returns for congenital syphilis is 6 and this is the highest for the past 5 years.
This almost extraordinary figure is curiously enough almost representative.
The various congenital lesions so commonly seen in European hospitals are of rare occurrence in Hongkong hospitals.
Dental and osseous congenital lesions are almost unknown.
Research in this matter might be of considerable importance. It is also generally true that Tabes Dorsalis and General Paralysis of the Insane are rarer in proportion to the number of cases of acquired syphilis than one would expect but vascular lesions involving the central nervous system are of such frequency as would be expected.
Remarks on some of the rarer diseases.-Tetanus 19 cases, of which 18 proved fatal, occurred. The average admissions for the previous 5 years was 11.
Owing to the gravity of the symptoms it is probable that a great majority of persons suffering from tetanus would be brought to hospital and consequently we may assume that this figure is representative of the incidence. If one consider the enormous number of wounds received by natives who walk bare footed it may be concluded that the soil is not highly infected with B. Tetani-possibly due to the small number of horses present.
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Lead poisoning.-Two cases are recorded for the year and in 1923 one case was noted.
In the previous four years no case was admitted. I am unable to account for this curious absence of poisoning amid circumstance which would ordinarily cause plumbism to appear.
Venereal Diseases.-The result for the past four years are:--
Syphilis.
Gonorrhoea.
1924...
421
58
1923...
585
78
1922...
351
61
1921...
255
42
It was pointed out last year that there had been a steady increase in Venereal Diseases' admissions but this year's figures do not bear this out. I am unable to give any explanation of it but it would be more than rash to deduce real reduction from the figures. The returns for congenital syphilis is 6 and this is the highest for the past 5 years.
This almost extraordinary figure is curiously enough almost representative.
The various congenital lesions so commonly seen in European hospitals are of rare occurrence in Hongkong hospitals.
Dental and osseous congenital lesions are almost unknown.
Research in this matter might be of considerable importance. It is also generally true that Tabes Dorsalis and General Paralysis of the Insane are rarer in proportion to the number of cases of acquired syphilis than one would expect but vascular lesions involving the central nervous system are of such frequency as would be expected.
Remarks on some of the rarer diseases.-Tetanus 19 cases, of which 18 proved fatal, occurred. The average admissions for the previous 5 years was 11.
Owing to the gravity of the symptoms it is probable that a great majority of persons suffering from tetanus would be brought to hospital and consequently we may assume that this figure is representative of the incidence. If one consider the enormous number of wounds received by natives who walk bare footed it may be concluded that the soil is not highly infected with B. Tetani-possibly due to the small number of horses present.
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