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a mas

[154]

of the most intemperate habits and

• violent passions. Me:

Seven out.

wal an

European.

of the eight, remaining Europeans were Police Convalescents, recovering from

remittent fever. They

were

sent, by my

directions, on a cruise in the police armed bout

unfortuniality overtaken by the

They

tverc

Typhoon which occurred on

the boat

the 31th August

swamped, at anchor, and

sixteen. Policemen, besides the Inspector _

European,

his

Lon

and a

Portuguerd boy,

were drowned.

In October there is this record.

of one. death, an Indian, who was killed-

by a gun.

· of his duty against a junk, the

that wound while in the execution

which

were in and

crew of

against the authorities.

In November a Chinaman died-

of remittent fivee at. Whampoa, where be

went on sick leave,

[155]

In December there appear two

deaths. Both cases were

80

of Indians. One

disease of

deatho occurred in Macad, from

the heart; the other in the Civil Hospital,

fecin pulmonary apoplexy.

It will be

Scen

that in June,

July, August, and September, the quatext amounts of sickney's prevailed in the 1848. It should be remarked, that in

these months, remittent fever.

wal

year

the

prevailing disease, and that the casualties

- occurred in those who were affected with fever of a continued type.

there

In. October, November, and December,

·

numerical: diminution of co

was a suon

obstinate form

of sickness; yet the suvitality was proportionate great. Bronchitis, we a prevailed, and in many

very

calco

proved fatal.

Table. Mr. I will show the daily

and monthly rate of sickness in the Police

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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