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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JUNE, 1898.

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CLASSIFICATION

OF

CAUSES OF DEATH.

(IN GROUPS.)

I-General Diseases.

A-Specific Febrile Diseases.

Small-pox,

Measles,

(1)-Zymotic.

Typhoid Fever (Enteric),

Simple Continued Fever, Sporadic Cholera,

Dysentery,

Bubonic Fever (Plague),

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN

COMMUNITY,

Civil.

Army.

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Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

17 22

8

2

27

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3

2 20 32

(2)—Malarial.

Fever, Intermittent,.....

6

2

11

30

**

Remittent,

"

(Undefined),

4

3

*

24

21

Beri-Beri,

Pyæmia,

Septicemia,

14

5

(3)--Septic.

Puerperal Fever,

(4)- Venereal.

Syphilis,

:

Total Group 4,.............. 41

B.-Diseases dependent on Specific

Worms,

External Agents.

(1)-Parasites.

(2)- Poisons.

Vegetable (Opium),..........

Gaseous, (suffocation in a fire),

"

(suffocation in hold of ship),

Burns,

(3)-Effects of Injuries.

Sun-stroke,

Heat-apoplexy,

Drowning,....

Injuries,

during birth,

Surgical Injuries,....

Syncope from Shock,

Fracture of Skull,

"

of Spine,

of Tibia,

31

of Ribs,

"

of Femur and Clavicle,

19

Strangulation by hanging,

Cut-throat,

:

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8

:

N

13

19 88

10

8

C

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

No. 5.

J

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour.

9 20

3

13

N

3 4

2

20

8

21 18

22 16

37

76

16

4

19

N N

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3

2

14 23 10

13

32 13

12 12 22

15

18

37

1

19.0

3

13

15

22

3

56

I-

7 14 46 20 40 53 76 14 3

80

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1

1 1

5

41 136 15 65

8 66

السلام

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1

1

44

:

المسم

1

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30 57 94154

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15

16

Asphyxia,....

Rupture of Spleen,

12

حجر

4

2

ગ

30

6

10

13

6

Carried forward, (Group A),... 41

8

2

41 136

15

68

66

44 57

94 154

30

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2

1 102

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23

29

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