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Diseases Ordinance, the year of its abolition 1887, and the three years since of voluntary attendance and submission to treatment.
1890,
1889,
1888,
1887*
1886,
1885,
YEAR.
No. of WOMEN ON REGISTER.
No. OF
No. of EXAMINATIONS.
DEFECT
EXAMINATIONS EVERY WOMAN
IN
MADE.
ATTENDING
ONCE A WEEK.
ATTENDANCE.
DISEASE
FOUND AND HEALED.
260
11,914
14,560
2,646
82
269
10,924
13,988
3,064
83
269
10,924
13,988
3,064
66
272
12,223
14,344
1,765
143
272
13,425
14,344
919
414
272
13,532
14,344
812
416
*
September 1st, 1887-The Compulsory attendance was abolished.
The number of registered women under the Protection of Women's Ordinance in the registered houses has slightly increased. The attendances at Hospital at the voluntary examinations have been more regular in proportion than in any year since the abolition of compulsory attendance, and I think was even better than these returns indicate for the reasons previously mentioned.
The number of cases admitted to Hospital were 82 as against 83 in 1889, and were all of a mild type. Several of the women, discharged from Hospital at their own request with sores only just healed, returned to Hospital because the mistress of the brothel desired them to receive visitors.
Three of the registered women, who were suffering from attacks of Malarial fever, preferred to be treated in this Hospital rather than in the General Female Ward of the Government Civil Hospital as they had friends among the other patients and as they could have a separate ward there was no objection. All this shows confidence and appreciation of the treatment they receive. They are no longer ordered to attend. No one sees them except the Matron, and the Amah who acts as interpreter as well as general attendant, and myself at my daily morning visit when both Matron and Amah are present. No returns are now sent in by the Navy, which is to be regretted as it upsets the statistics of many years.
The Military Hospital shows a decrease int he admission of venereal cases of 33 as compared with 1889, The Police, an increase of 4.
The Government Civil Hospital, an increase of 21. -
Table E gives the admissions to the male wards of the different Hospitals of venereal cases of different classes of disease, with the totals of the past four years for comparison.
Table E 3 gives the number of the Military suffering from constitutional form of venereal disease. There were 53 as compared with 72 in 1889, a decrease of 19.
HEALTH OF THE COLONY.
The number of deaths among the European and American residents was 95 as compared with 93 in 1889. This raises the percentage from 3.06 in 1889 to 3.12 in 1890.
There has been no epidemic form of disease during the past year.
DEATHS AMONG EUROPEANS (BRITISH AND FOREIGN).
FEVERS.
VOMITING
YEARS.
Enteric.
Simple Continued.
DIARRHEA. CHOLERA. AND
PURGING.
TOTAL.
Typhus.
1873,
1874,
1875,
6
1
1
17
25
17
26
18
24
1876,
14
24
1877,
10
27
1878,
15
9
29
1879,
21
14
38
1880,
1
12
10
24
1881,
2
17
10
29
1882,
10
13
13
37
1883,
1
9
9
19
1884,
7
4
12
23
1885,
7
11
9
19
46
1886,
8
5
18
1887,
10
6
25
1888,
4
16
25
30
1889,
3
10
16
1890,
4
4
13
The deaths from the classes of disease shown in the above Table show a slight decrease, and the lowest total for the past eighteen years among Europeans.
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