Sessional_Paper_1896 — Page 361

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA DISTRICT.

DIVISION,

Civil.

Army.

Navy.

Sokonpo.

Bowrington.

Wantsai.

Hawan.

Brought forward,... 37 12

General Diseases, — Conta

B.--Diseases dependent on

Specific External Agents. (1)-Parasites.

Worms,

(2)- Poisons.

Vegetable, (Opium),

Narcotic Poison,.............

Morphia Poison,...........

(3)—Effects of Injuries.

Burns and Scalds,

Sun-strokes,

1

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1

00

:

:

:

1

1

6

13 118

Sheungwan.

Chungwan.

Táip'ingshan.

Saiyingpun.

Shektongtsui.

Kennedy-

town.

Harbour.

3

46 494

82

7

I

5

...

Heat Apoplexy,

Asphyxia,

Drowning,

3

4

2

Strangulation,..

3

Wounds,

3

1

Privation,

Shock and Hæmorrhage,

Fracture of Skull,

2

of Spine,

Rupture of Spleen,..

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::

:

9

6

2

2

1

Internal Injuries,

Dislocation of Vertebræ,

Rupture of Spinal Chord, Suffocation & Genl. Injuries, (4)—Errors of Diet.

Alcoholism,

Total Group B........ C.---Developmental

Diseases.

Immaturity at Birth,

Debility,

Old Age,

Marasmus,

3221

Total Group C 8

D.-Miscellaneous

Diseases.

Rheumatic Faver,

***

Rheumatism,

Scrofula,

Anæmia,

Tabes Mesenteria,

2

Total Group D„,...) 4

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2

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1

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2

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1

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19

29

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2

93

170

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6

18

16

306*

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3

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3

4

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5

97

191

69

17

1

7

1

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31

:

1

...

6

33

4

Total Class I,

58 18 3 12

7 19 218

II.-Local Diseases.

A.-The Nervous System.

Meningitis,

Abscess of Brain,

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

Convulsions,

Tetanus,

Trismus,

Inflammation of Brain,

Cerebral Effusion,

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Softening,...

Tumour,

17

Epilepsy, Mania,

8

1

1

2

...

10

2

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1

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6 254 615 132

1

85

2

588

133

12

20

2:24+

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8

33 31

1

38

2

+

...

1 14

1

:

24

3 1 9

12 649

5 223

18

86

60

2

1 15

Carried forward,... 82

21 4

21

14

31

867 11 477 701

192

10

34 46