Reference: C.O. 133
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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| Category | Victoria | Villages | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 1,056 | 683 | 1,739 |
| Opium Shops | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| Oar Dealers | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| Old Iron and Rags Dealers | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Painters (House) | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Pawn Brokers | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Portrait and Landscape Painters | 16 | 17 | 11 |
| Pilots' Houses | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Poulterers | 4 | 11 | 8 |
| Pig Dealers | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Preserved Fruits Manufacturers | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| Priests | 18 | 2 | 6 |
| Quilt (Cotton) Manufactories | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Rattan Workers | 8 | 20 | 2 |
| Rope and Sailmakers | 26 | 36 | 14 |
| Salt Boilers | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Salt Dealers | 125 | 70 | — |
| Sedan Chairs to Hire | — | — | — |
| School Houses | — | — | — |
| Shoe Makers | — | — | — |
| Sheep Dealers | — | — | — |
| Slop Shops | — | — | — |
| Stationers | — | — | — |
| Stone Cutters | — | — | — |
| Tanners | — | — | — |
| Tailors (for Europeans) | — | — | — |
| Tailors (for Chinese) | — | — | — |
| Temples' Houses | — | — | — |
| Category | Victoria | Villages | Total |
| Tobacconists | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Tile and Brick Dealers | 3 | 116 | 125 |
| Tin Mongers | 241 | — | — |
| Umbrella Makers | — | — | — |
| Undertakers | — | — | — |
| Vacant Shops | — | — | — |
| Water Sellers | — | — | — |
| Watermen's Houses | — | — | — |
| Wood Sellers | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Trades Not Specified | 28 | 2 | 30 |
| Houses Newly Built or Building | 11 | 14 | — |
| Totals | 1,512 | 904 | 2,416 |
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Following the order observed in previous reports:—
In consequence of the late period of the year at which I was appointed to perform the duties of Colonial Surgeon, and the increased amount of professional labour which the untimely death of my much lamented and esteemed friend the late Colonial Surgeon necessarily entailed upon me, I am compelled to confine my report on the sanitary condition of the Colony for the year 1853 to a few statistical details and the remarks required for their explanation. There is less cause for regret however on this account, as all the more important measures which still remain to be carried out for the further improvement of the general health of the community were so ably and so frequently insisted on by my talented predecessor (more particularly in his report for 1852) that I need only add my testimony to his on the advantages most certain to result from a more efficient system of drainage, an increased supply of water, and the planting of trees in all available spots throughout the City and its immediate neighbourhood.
The records of this establishment being, unfortunately, entirely wanting for several months, I am unable to give any detailed statement of the various diseases treated there in the course of the year. The following table, however, shows the average daily number of patients in the Hospital during each month.
| Month | Indians | Chinese | Europeans | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | Men | Women | Children | Men | Women | Children | ||
| January | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| February | 7 | 1 | 4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| March | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| April | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| May | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| June | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| July | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| August | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| September | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| October | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| November | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| December | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Average | 15 |
Note: The OCR source for this table is severely fragmented; only the January row and the annual average are legible. Missing entries are marked with .*
This gives an average of 15 inmates daily throughout the year; but I may mention that during the last five months of the year the average was kept higher than usual by the continued residence of destitute South Sea Islanders (picked up at sea), besides one European female and two children, all waiting an opportunity to be sent back to their respective homes.
On a former occasion I was led to recommend the doing away with the Civil Hospital altogether, but a more extended and practical acquaintance with the actual wants of the Colony in this respect has since convinced me not only of the necessity for such an establishment, but that it should even be put upon a more extended footing than at present, and a more commodious building obtained for it.
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C. MAY
Officiating Registrar General
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :--
C.O. 133
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO | BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON |
10 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE
124
CHINESE,
VICTORIA. VILLAGES.
TOTAL.
Brought forward,
1,056
683
1,739
15
4
19
6
6
11
12
1
13
12
12
9
9
8
8
16
17
11
13
2
3
4
11
8
Opium Shops
Oar dealers,.
Old Iron and Rags dealers,
Painters (House,)
Pawn brokers,
Portrait and Landscape Painters,
Pilots' Houses,.
Poulterers,
Pig Dealers,
Preserved fruits Manufacturera,
Priests,
Quilt (cotton) Manufactories,
Rattan Workers,
Rope and Sailmakers,
Salt Boilers,
Salt Dealere, .
Sedan chairs to hire,.
School Houses,
Shoe Makers, Sheep Dealers,
Slop Shops,
Stationers,
Stone Cutters,
Tanners,
Tailors (for Europeans,)
»
(for Chinese,)
Tepos' Houses,.
12
6
1
4
13
18
18
2
6
6
5
5
8
20
2
26
36
14
8
4
5
125
70
THE COLONIAL SURGEON'S REPORT
POR
1853.
Following the order observed, in previous reports:—
In consequence of the late period of the year at 1852) that I need only add my testimony to his which I was appointed to perform the duties of on the advantages most certain to result from Colonial Surgeon, and the increased amount of a more efficient system of Drainage, an increased professional labour which the untimely death of supply of water, and the planting of trees in all. my much lamented and esteemed friend the late available spots throughout the City and its im- Colonial Surgeon necessarily entailed upon me, mediate neighbourhood. I am compelled to confine my report on the sani- tary condition of the Colony for the year 1853, to a few statistical details and the remarks re. quired for their explanation, There is less cause for regret however on this account, as all the more important measures which still remain to be carried out for the further improvement of the general health of the community were so ably the year. The following table however shows and so frequently insisted on by my talented the average daily number of patients in the Hou predecessor, (more particularly in his report for pital during each month.
THE CIVIL HOSPITAL. The records of this establishment being, unfor- tunately, entirely wanting for several months, I am unable to give any detailed statement of the various diseases treated there in the course of
Tobacconists,
Tile and Brick Dealers,
Tin Mongers,
Umbrella Makers,
Undertakers,.
Vacant Shope,
Water Sellers,
Waabermen's Houses,
6
4
2
3
116
125
241
MONTES,
2
6
8
28
2
30
Wood Sellers, "
11
14
Trades not Specified,
30
5
35
Houses newly built, or building,
28
30
1,512
904
2,416
January, February,
March,
C. MAY,
April,
Officiating Registrar General,
May,
June,
July,
August,.
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September, October,
November,
December,
Table No. 1.
INDIANS.
CHINESE.
EUROPEANS.
MEN.
WOMEN.
CHILDREN.
11
3
2
7
2
8
3
2
2
7
1
4
*
WOXXX.
CHILDREN.
TOTAL
9
13
16
12
11
11
18
19
17
20
This gives an average of 15 inmates daily throughout the year; but I may mention that during the last five months of the year the average was kept higher than usual by the continued residence of destitute South Sea Islanders (picked up at Sea,) besides one European female and two children, all waiting an opportunity to be sent back to their respective homes.
On a former occasion I was led to recommend
the doing away with the Civil Hospital altogether, but a more extended and practical acquaintance with the actual wants of the Colony in this res pect has since convinced me not only of the ne cessity for such an establishment, but that it should even be put upon a more extended footing than at present, and a more commodious building ob-
ained for it.
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