630058-1899-Report-Principal-civil-Medical-Officer-s — Page 17

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29ти JULY, 1899.

The total number of cases treated during the year was as follows:-

In-patients..... Out-patients, .....

2,571

.......11,061

or surgical cases such as scalp wounds, simple fractures, dislocations, dog-bites, teeth extrac- ns, &c. which were treated in the Receiving Ward are not included.

In-patients. The total number shéws an increase of 126 as compared with 1897; the following gures give the number treated during the past five years :-

1895, 1896,

?

1897. 1898.

}

.2,283

.2,598

.2,445

.2,571

The greatest increase has been in the number of Private Paying Patients and Destitutes; in both se clases the numbers are the largest for the past 10 years. There is a decrease in the number of ice and Government Servants admitted.

The total number of deaths was 138, a percentage of 5.36 as against 4.86 in 1897, the increase ing due to the plague cases admitted. It will be noted that the mortality has been highest in the hree plague years.

Of the total number of deaths 56 were in a moribund condition on admission, 39 dying within 24 ours, and 17 within 48 hours of their admission.

The average daily number of sick was 98.81 as against 100.09 in 1897.

Of the total number of patients 411 were females, an increase of 27 as compared with 1897. Private Paying Patients. The following gives the number of First and Second class patients for the past three

Nationality.

years:

First class.. Second class

1896. 65

1897.

1898.

53

58

146

153

154

211

206

212

As compared with 1897 there was a decrease of 10 Europeans and 26 Indians and

an increase of 162 Chinese under treatment as in-patients.

To show how the Asiatics appreciate the advantage offered by this Institution, I give the numbers admitted during the past 7 years :~-~

1892,.

1893,...

1894,.....

1895,

1896,

1897,...** 1898,

592

613

783

1,054

1,126

1,188

1,350

The following diseases give the greatest number of admission :---

Fevers

Simple continued (Febricula)

Enteric,

Malarial,-Intermittent,

21

—Remittent,

Injuries,

Venereal Diseases,

Discases of Digestive System,

>}

Respiratory Nervous

29

Rheumatisın,

Alcoholism,

Plague,

Dysentery,

Deaths. The following diseases caused the greatest number of deaths :-

Diseases of Respiratory System,

Injuries,

Diseases of Digestive System,

"}

Plague,

Urinary,

Circulatory,.,

Enteric fever,

Alcoholism,

8

33

247

87

375

352

233

222

139

136

105

101

56

48

21

18

14

14

12

9

8

8