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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH AUGUST, 1895.

Table IV.-Shewing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the TROOPS serving in Hongkong

during the Year 1894.

AVERAGE STRENGTH.

ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL.

DEATHS.

RATE OF MORTAL-

ÅVERAGE DAILY RATE OF SICKNESS,

ITY PER 1,000 OF THE STRENGTH.

White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total.

White. Black. White.

Black.

1,446

1,309 2,750 2,035 870 2,905 24

15

39

112.75 38.61

16.59

11.46

A. F. PRESTON,

Surgeon Colonel, A.M.S.,

Principal Medical Officer, China and Hongkong.

Table V. Shewing the ADMISSIONS and MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during the Year 1894.

ADMISSIONS.

DEATHS.

DISEASES.

1.-General Diseases.

4. Diseases dependent on Morbid Poisons,-

Sub-Group 1,

"2

3,

4.

"

5,

"

Europeans.

Indians.

Asiatics.

Total.

Europeans.

Indians.

75

18

80

85

2

175

42

923:

142

113 278

272

Asiatics.

Total.

4

1

12

B. Diseases dependent on external agents other than Morbid

Poisons,--- Sub-Group 1,

1

4

9,*

J3

"1

3, 4,

1

C. Developmental Diseases,.

D. Not classified,

83

-=-=

15

16

:::

70

23

25

81

II.--Local Diseases.

Nervous System,

31

12 43

86

13

15

Eye,

10

29

44

Ear,

Nose,

1

Circulatory System,

15

27

10

11

12

Diseases of the

Respiratory,

54

146

17

Digestive,

111

199

13

Lymphatic.

7

11

Thyroid Body,

Supra Renal Capsules,

Urinary System,

17

Generative System,

15

30

51

Female Breast,

Male

Organs of Locomotion,

16

Connective Tissue,.

17

Skin,

III.

Poisons,

IV.

Injuries,

V.

Surgical Operation, †.

Under Observation,

61

186

18

32

15

24

48

8

11

14

20

10

102

132

17

13

40

70

6.

Total,..

831

349

7831,963

30 12 59

101

* Vide III. Poisons. † Table Va.

JAMES A. LOWSON,

Acting Superintendent.