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Table No.1.

Months.

January.

737

A monthly numerical abstract disease and death in the Solice of Hongkong in 1849.

Fiathi Sick

15.

9

20

of

wat

very vari

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variable, yet intermittent fever

1 of a very

prevailed; it was

Out

amenable to treatment.

nild type, and

In March and April, there was

considerable abatement in

cales

of fever; and diseases.

the number of

were

again very

month

nuixed in character . In the former

Europeans, chitans &f cinta.

Total.

Total

very

Kek

ad the

silk

Deaths.

2

13

15

•

February March.

21

22

4

April.

5

May.

fen...

17

July

10

20

August

14

3

September

2

7

3

for

Geteber

3

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November 3

10

13

Lecember

2

9

Indians 3

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Ittal No of Deaths. {[ Eunpans 6

The foregoing

no

the records of the Civil Hospital account

three deaths

amongst Chinese found

destitute in the streets.

9

cale/

table exhibits

every

quarter as presenting, throughout the year as

pretty uniform rate of sickness, the last being numerically, the most oxenipt.

In January, the prevailing

diseases were intermittent

fever,

common

catarrh, and acute rheumatism.

In Fronary, the character of disease

*

In May then

slight

of intermittent fever, and a fewr.

of contenued. fecer occurred; both of a

very mild and curable type.

this mouth two deaths,

There were in

· from cnipyema

and the other from peritonitis, - both-

policemen

In June, intermittent fevers, again. prevailed . There was one case of small poo,

and

dysentery began to show itself.

In July.

remittent froire primited

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