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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1892.

The cases treated in the Civil Hospital show a decrease in the total of 29, there being 129 admis- sions compared with 158 in 1890. The cases of constitutional disease show an increase of 6, being 15 as compared with 9 in 1890.

HEALTH OF THE COLONY.

The number of deaths among the European and American residents was 57 as compared with 95 last year. The Census shows an increase of 1,155, being 4,195 as compared with 3,040 for the previous ten years. The percentage of deaths 1.36 the lowest percentage in the last 10 years. See Table XVI.

There has been no epidemic form of disease during the past year.

DEATHS AMONG EUROPEANS (BRITISH AND FOREIGN).

FEVERS.

VOMITING

YEARS.

DIARRHOEA. CHOLERA. AND

TOTAL.

Enteric.

Simple Continued.

PURGING.

Typhus.

1873,

17

25

1874,

17

•

26

1875,

18

24

1876,

14

24

1877,

10

27

1878,

15

9

29

1879,

21

14

38

1880,

12

10

24

1881,

17

10

29

1882,

10

13

13

37

1883,

1

9

9

19

1884,

7

4

12

23

1885,

11

19

46

1886,

8.

18

1887,

7

10

25

1888,

4

16

25

50

1889,

3

10

1

16

1890,

4

4

4

12

1891,

1

4

5

15

The deaths from the classes of disease shown in the above Table among Europeans show an increase of 3, and with the exception of last year shows the lowest total for the last 19 years amongst Europeans; 5 deaths are reported from cholera which in this Colony has been mostly of a sporadic type. In my opinion always, but in that I am not borne out by my confrères. These five deaths are reported from the European Hospitals.

DEATHS AMONG CHINESE.

FEVERS.

VOMITING

YEARS.

DIARRHEA. CHOLERA.

AND

TOTAL.

Enteric.

Simple Continued.

PURGING.

Typhus.

1873,

12

96

16

195

319

1874,

125

46

231

402

1875,

31

291

288

612

1876,

94

343

259

696

1877,

145

370

311

834

1878,

89

481

1879,

116

733

21

1880,

309

373

1881,

438

168

38

1882,

679

71

1883,

262

571

1884,

132

600

1885,

105

755

1886,

772

1887,

441

1888,

299

1889,

1

363

1890,

1

342

1891,

427

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33

701

1,304

608

1,478

348

1,030

435

1,079

465

1,215

3

660

1,496

301

1,035

561

176

1,604

10

326

19

1,136

25

276

13

764

2

861

17

236

917 *

180

7

551

216

1

562

329

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