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No.
30
92
HONGKONG.
THE COLONIAL SURGEON'S REPORT FOR 1891.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, on the 16th November, 1892.
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, 21st June, 1892.
SIR, I have the honour to forward my annual Report for the year 1891 of the work done in the different Establishments under my supervision, and to forward reports from the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, to which is attached as an appendix an address to the Medical Association on his researches in Malarial Fever; the report of the Medical Officer in charge of Victoria Gaol ; and that of the Government Analyst, to which he has added this year for the first time a report on the working of the Government Civil Hospital Pharmacy.
POLICE.
The admissions to Hospital show a decrease of 12, being 570 as compared with 582 in 1890; the deaths were the same as last year. Five of these occurred in Hospital: 2 Europeans, 2 Indians, and 1 Chinese. One Indian died in India while home on leave, and 1 Chinese in China while at home on leave; 7 in all.
The admissions to Hospital from the various sections of the Force for the last ten years are given in the following Table :-
Europeans.
Indians.
Chinese.
Admissions to Hospital, 1882,.
92.
.230..
...227
Do.,
1883..
...113.
246
.239
Do.,
1884,
87.
224....
.175
Do.,
1885,
..124.
.208.
.163
Do.,
1886,.
.138.
243
.221
Do.,
1887,
139.
293..
...187
Do.,
1888,....
..147.
279
.231
Do.,
1889.
166.
...230..
.194
Do.,
1890,...
149...
..254....
.179
Do.,
1891,.
..169..
..285.
....118
By this it will be seen that the Europeans have suffered more severely than in any year in the previous nine years. It must be remembered that this does not show the entire sickness amongst the Europeans, as Inspectors and Sergeants who are married men are attended in many cases by me in their own quarters. The Indians and Chinese go to Hospital in nearly every case. The Indians this year have also suffered more heavily than in previous years, while the sickness amongst the Chinese has never been so small.
Table I shows the sickness and mortality in the Force for the different months of the year: Table II gives the average strength, rate of sickness and mortality,
Table III shows the admissions to Hospital from the different Stations and Districts in each month of the year. It is rather curious to note that the Peak Stations considering the small number of men stationed there have so large a number of sick. While Aberdeen, Pokfulam and Stanley show a much better state of health than they have done for a number of years. The new Station at Aber- deen has probably a great deal to say to this, as in previous years Aberdeen was one of the worst Stations.
The following Table gives the total admissions to Hospital and the deaths in the Police Force for the last ten years :—
Admissions.
Deaths.
1882,
.549..
8
1883,
.599...
..10
1884,
1885,
.486. ...495....
7
9
1886,
602......
..14
1887,
619.
9
1888,
........657.
.15
1889,
..590..
.14
1890,
...582.......
7
1891,
..570....
7
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