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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JULY, 1899.

The following Table shows the Cause of Death :-

(a) Specific Febrile and allied Diseases,-

Plague,

Small-pox,

Tuberculosis, .

Septicemia,

Trismus and Tetanus,

Typhoid Fever,

Beri-beri,

Syphilis,

..

Malarial Fever,

Dysentery,..

(b) Developmental Diseases,--

610

74

36

I

16

3

1

1

37

4

783

Still-born,.....

Senilitas,

Malnutrition,

(e) Effects of Injuries, Heat, Cold, &c.,—

Drowning,

Shock (Burns),

29

(Electric),

Heat Apoplexy,

Exposure,....

Excessive Exertion and Strain,

Asphyxia (Hanging),

Cut-throat,

(Earth),

Multiple Injuries,

Rupture of Spleen,

of Liver,

19

of Small Intestine,

""

Bullet Wounds,

Fracture of Skull,

..

Concussion and Homorrhage Brain,

(d) Poisoning,-—

Arsenic,

Opium,

Irritants (unknown),

Alcohol,

..

(e) Diseases of different Systems,-

Puennionia,

Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema, Cardiac Disease,

Diarrhoea (Gastro-Enteritis), ...... Bright's Disease,

4.

Meningitis,

Hydrocephalus,

Strangulated Hernia,

Peritonitis,

Post Partum Hæmorrhage,

Suppurative Fallopian Tube,

Boils and Exhaustion,

Aortic Aneurism,

(f) Decomposed,

Undiagnosed, Skeletons,

Total,

96

8

31

135

43

2

5

2

9

1

3

7

1

12

2

103

.....

6

6

28

79

1

1

1

1

1

2

131

127

25

10

162

1,314