F
118
Table No. 3.
Exhibiting a comparative view of the Police Force in 1853 and 1852, including Women and Children; and the rate of Sickness and Mortality.
STRENGTH.
YEAR.
TOTAL STRENGTH.
MEN. WOMEN. CHILDREN.
TOTAL TOTAL RATE OF
RATE OF SICK. DEATHS. SICKNESS. MORTALITY,
1853
133
7
9
149
182
8*
122.14 per cent.
5.37
1852
153
15
16:
184
160
7
86.96 per cent.
per cent. 3.10 per cent.
*
One woman died out of Hospital.
little from the average of the previous 6 years, as shown by the following table given in the last annual report.
The Ratio of Sickness and Death during the past year, as shown by this table, though greater than in 1852, will however be seen to differ but
Table No. 4.
The Vital Statistics of the Police Force in Hongkong,-computed over the past
RATE OF SICKNESS.
AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
RATE OF MORTALITY.
184
193
10
PROPORTION OF SICKNESS
TO STRENGTH.
6
years.
PROPORTION OF DEATHS TO STRENGTH.
104.89
per cent.
5.43 per cent.
THE GAOL.
The following table exhibits a considerable amongst the prisoners as compared with the pre- decrease in the amount of Sickness and Mortality | vious year.
Table No. 5.
Showing the daily average number of prisoners in Victoria Gaol in the years 1852, and 1853 with the rate of Sickness and mortality.
AVERAGE
YEARS.
CASES OF SICKNESS.
CHINESE AND STRENGTH. EUROPEANS. COLOURED
TOTAL OF
DEATHS.
SICKNESS
PROPORTION OF DEATHS TO STRENGTH.
PERSONS.
1852
160
154
109
263
11
1853
6.87 per cent.
138
59
100
159
3*
2.17 per cent.
* All 3 deaths occurred in January being chronic cases from the previous year.
use of Lime in the way just mentioned, and it is therefore to be hoped that the practice will be continued.
I have no doubt that much of the improvement in the general health of the prisoners, and the lower rate of mortality may, to a great extent, be attributed to the more frequent white-washing of the walls throughout the gaol, and more particu- larly the floor of the room in which the major- ity of the Chinese prisoners sleep. In previous years the Chinese in Gaol have suffered much from severe and intractable Dysentery, Diarrhæa, and Phagedenic ulcers of the legs; and the marked diminution both in the number and severity of such cases during the past year is very good evi- dence of the benefit to be derived from the free
I may here remark, however, that the room set apart as a Hospital for the Chinese prisoners, being on the ground floor, is by no means the best adapted for the purpose; it should certainly be in the upper story, and its floor, with that of the Hospital for Europeans, should be well oiled or painted as recommended by the late Dr. Morrison, in order to prevent as much as possible the ab- sorption and retention of water after washing.
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