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the Colonial Surgeon (Detyres) - Annual Report for 1883 which ~ deals with the state of health of ~

the Wlise Forec.

Dotyres bears in witness to the increasing number of admissions from the Police to the Civil Hospital. In the 10th

- paragraph of his Report he

bserves as

follows:-

in 1874, the

"Ten years ago, -strength of the Forse was 648, as

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compared with 658 in 1883. The

sishness

among

The Force in 187/4

was 346 as con mpared with 599 in 1883. The admissions of Europeans

!!

to Hospital in 187/4

were 64, their strength being 116. In 1883 it is

114 with a strength of 113. That

"is to say,

A

the sickness has

nearly doubled, while the

"strength has been a trifle "lessened. The deaths among

among them (the

the Europeans) were in 187/4, 1;

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in 1883, 2; showing that the ~

mcrease of sickness amongst ..

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them cannot be attributed to

"the increase in severity of.

"disease.

was