THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY, 1871.
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The numbers imprisoned in Victoria Gaol, during the past year, were:-
Europeans, Indians, Chinese,
Total,...
1,099
155
3,051
4,305
The daily average was 482, of which number only 4 died. In 1869 the daily average was 465, the total number during the year 4,122, and the deaths 5.
It will be seen that the increase in the number of Prisoners is entirely among Europeans, for refusal of duty and similar cases, and that the number of Chinese and colored Prisoners is even less than in 1869.
In 1869 the greatest number any one day in Gaol, was on the 10th February, when there were :—
Europeans, Indians, Chinese,
Total,.
85
18
461
564
The smallest number in prison was on the 3rd December, when there were:-
Europeans, Indians, Chinese,
Total,.....
70
18
304
392
During the past year, both the maximum and minimum number of Prisoners have been in excess of the previous year. Thus the greatest number confined on any one day in 1870 was on the 31st August, when there were:-
Europeans, Indians, Chinese,
Total,...
113
13
449
575
The smallest nutaber in Gaol during the same year was on the 17th March, when there were:-
Europeans, Indians, Chinese,
Total,.
78
14
338
430
The greatest amount of sickness occurred on the 31st August, when there were:-
Hospital cases, Trifling cases,
Total,.
6
20
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The smallest amount of sickness was recorded on the 11th November, when there were :---
Hospital cases, Trifling cases,
Total,...
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There is very little to record in reference to the sickness of the past year in this Institution. Three of the four deaths which occurred arose from fever, the fourth being a case of sun-stroke in an European. The building is neatness itself, and as long as its management continues in the able hands of Mr. DOUGLAS, it must remain a model of good order, and perfect discipline, combined with as much kindness and consideration, as the control of such a number, of criminals wil admit of.
IV. THE LOCK HOSPITAL.
In my last Annual Report, I entered so fully into the question of the working of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, and this establishment, that I need do little more, on the present occasion, than refer to the statistics contained in Tables A, B, C and D of the Appendix. It will be seen that a great improvement luas taken place during the past year. In the two Hospitals, the percentage of contagious diseases contracted in Hongkong to all admissions, was 8.96 against nearly double that amount in 1869. In the Garrison, the percentage of primary disease to the total strength was reduced to 5.51 against 6.83 in 1869, and among the British ships of war which have visited this Port during the past year, only 116 cases of contagious disease were contracted in Hongkong. In the Police, a similar improvement has taken place and the percentage of infection has been reduced from 16.66 in 1869 to 13.75 in 1870. Again, in turning to Table X., we find that the type of the disease is undergoing a steady improvement, under the strict surveillance to which the women are subjected; the average
number of days of treatment having further diminished from 24.8 in 1869 to 23.1 in 1870. The whole of these Tables, as well as Table XIV., convey a large amount of information, and will well repay a careful study.
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