The admissions from the Police Force and the number of Deaths for the past five years were as follows:-
Fears.
1883,
1884,......
1885,
1886,.
1887.
Admissions.
Deaths.
599
10
486
7
495
9 (a.)
602
14 (6.)
619
9
The admissions of Europeans were, in 1886, 138, as compared with 139 in 1887; the Chinese were 221, in 1886, as compared with 187 in 1887; and the Indians were 243 in 1886, as compared with 293 in 1887.
Military Hospital.
The admissions from among the troops during the past 5 years were as follows:--
Years.
1883.....
1884,..
1885,
1886.
1887,
Admissions.
Deaths.
1,105
10
1,097
12
1,090
24 (c.)
1,607
9
1,749
14
Small-Pox Hospital.
The admissions during the past five years were as follows:-
Admissions.
Years.
1883,
1884,
1885,
1886,
1887,
Inquests.
The Inquests held during the past five years were as follows:-
1883,
1884.
1885,
1886,
1887,
12
7
14
11
65
.101
82
..100
..120
.115
28.-CHARITABLE AND LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
No fresh Institution was formed.
29.-RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
An Ordinance (19 of 1887,) was passed during the year to enable the Trustees of The Rhenish Missionary Society to sell and dispose of certain Leasehold property within the Colony.
HONGKONG, 31st July, 1888.
ARATHOON SETH, Chief Clerk.
(a.) Only 5 of these died in Hospital, I died at his own residence, and 3 died whilst on leave. (b.) In Hospital.
(c.) 12 died of Cholera,
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