465
Table III.--Showing VACCINATIONS at, and in connection with, the TONG WAH HOSPITAL during the Year 1898.
Hongkong.
Shaukiwan.
Aberdeen.
Stanley.
Yaumati.
Hungbom.
1,358
31
45
68
70
16
Enclosure V.
Total.
1,588
JOHN C. THOMSON, Inspecting Medical Officer.
GOVERNMENT LUNATIC ASYLUM,
HONGKONG, 1st January, 1899.
SIR, I have the honour to submit a report on the Government Lunatic Asylum during the year 1898 with two tables showing the admissions and deaths that have occurred and the diseases for which the patients were admitted.
Eighty-two patients were admitted during the year, of which number 6 died, 37 were sent to Canton, and 36 were discharged in the care of friends or relatives either cured or partially relieved.
Europeans. Two deaths occurred amongst these patients, one from cerebral softening in the person of an old man aged 63 and the other from Meningitis. The European admitted in April is a German suffering from General Paralysis of the Insane. It has been found impossible to compel his Consul to remove him to his native place, and he is still in the Asylum-the only male European-and likely to last another 6 months. The female lunatic is the well known American whom it has also been found impossible to get rid of.
It is worthy of note that the only two remaining on hand in this Asylum are both foreigners, six of whom have been admitted to the Asylum during the year, as against two Britishers. No female Europeans have been in the Asylum during the past year.
Chinese.-- l'he majority of these were as usual "harmless lunatics" including a case in which the dementia appears to have been a sequelae of plague. Only one authentic case of puerperal mania was admitted, but the history of the illnesses antecedent to the mental trouble is very difficult to obtain in the case of these patients.
Wardmasters LEE and SYDNEY have both been on duty throughout the year and have both work- ed well and satisfactorily.
Miss EASTMOND returned from home and resumed duty on the 14th April up to 23rd July when she left the Government Service and was succeeded by the Matron, Miss C. MCINTOSH.
I have the honour to be,
THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER.
Sir, Your obedient Servant,
J. BELL,
Medical Officer in Charge of Lunatic Asylums
Table VII.-TABLE showing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the Government LUNATIC ASYLUMS, during each Month of the Year 1898.
MONTHS.
EUROPEANS.
COLOURED.
CHINESE.
Remaining on the 1st
January, 1898,
January,
Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,.
December,
Total,.
1 1
Dis-
Total Total charged Admissions. Deaths.
to
Canton.
12
NONTON) 10 10 10 10 20
3
12
2
11
13
9
6
+
13
+
00
8
2
3
1
77
3
88
37
J. BELL,
Medical Officer in Charge,
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