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Table showing number of PATIENTS admitted to the ASYLUM under their respective diseases.

405

Mania,

Puerperal Mania,

Dementia,

Melancholia,

DISEASE.

General Paralysis of the Insane,

Cerebral Softening,

Epilepsy,...

Under Observation,

*

TOTAL,.....

EUROPEANS.

CHINESE, &C.

Male.

Female,

Malc.

Female.

I

9

5

5

I

36

22

1

9

8

2

1

13

21

70

36

* This includes patients suffering from Alcoholism, Erysipelas, Measles, &c.

Enclosure III.

Report of the Medical Officer of Victoria Gaol.

VICTORIA GAOL,

HONGKONG, 29th January, 1898.

SIR,I have the honour to report regarding the work done in, and in connection with, the Victoria Gaol Hospital during the year 1897.

342 prisoners were admitted to the Gaol Hospital, and 455 less serious cases were treated in the cells. Six deaths, including two cases of suicide by hanging, occurred during the year. Malarial Fevers and Diarrhoea have been the most prevalent ailments among the casual sick.

2,830 prisoners were vaccinated during 1897, being a larger number than in any previous year. The sanitary condition of the Gaol is good, and none of the sickness that has existed has been attributable to any defect in this respect.

I append the following Tables :-—

I. Showing the Admissions and Mortality in the Victoria Gaol Hospital;

II. Showing cases treated by Medical Officer, but not admitted to Hospital;

III. Showing cases admitted to Hospital at the First Medical Examination of them by the

Medical Officer;

IV. Showing the Weights of Opium Smokers for the First Four Weeks' Confinement in

Gaol;

V. Showing Opium Smokers admitted to Hospital;

VI. Showing the number of Vaccinations;

VII. Showing the number and percentage of prisoners admitted to Hospital at their First

Medical Examination;

VIII. Showing the Rate of Sickness and Mortality in the Gaol during the year.

The Tables are similar to those of previous years, except in slight details. That showing the Rate of Sickness and Mortality I have re-constructed to afford a more complete view of the health of the Gaol, and those of general statistics I have compiled in accordance with the Nomenclature of Diseases of the Royal College of Physicians of London, thus bringing them into conformity with the Government Civil Hospital statistics.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Dr. J. M. ATKINSON,

Principal Civil Medical Officer,

SC..

Fo• ;

30.

JOHN C. THOMSON, Medical Officer.