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Table I.-RETURN of DISEASES and DEATHS in 1900 at VICTORIA GAOL HOSPITAL, Hongkong.

Remaining

YEARLY TOTAL.

DISEASES.

in Hospital at end of 1899.

+ Total Cases Treated.

in

Hospital

Remark

at end of

Admissious. Deaths.

1900.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Influenza,

Dysentery,

Plague,

Malarial Fever,—

(a) Intermittent, Type undiagnosed, (8) Remittent,

722

21

7

21

54

81

54 82.

101-

5

7

12

12

1

Beri-beri,..

Erysipelas,

Syphilis, Primary,

Gonorrhoea,..

Alcoholism,

Rheumatism,

New Growth, non-malignant.

Anoemia,

3

Debility,

37

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of the Nervous System.

488230

Functional Nervons Disorders,-

Paralysis,

1

1

Epilepsy,

3

3

Mental Diseases, Dementia,

11

12

Diseases of the Eye,

6

Ear,

99

29

Circulatory System,...

74

51

*

Respiratory System,

16

10 10:

24

12

Digestive System,

52

Lymphatic System,...

""

17

Urinary System,

Cellular Tissue,

"

5

Skin,

Local Injuries,.

Parasites,..

Under Observation,

6

4

76

16

52

1

2

7

2

6 55

G

55

Total,..

10

495

505

Fatal case was Cere- bral Hemorrhage, due to a fall.

* i.c., the year previous to that for which the Return is made.

+ "Total cases treated " will, of course, include those remaining in Hospital at the end of the previous year.

The figures in this column to be carried on to the next year's Return.

§ "Local diseases" should be arranged in the order indicated, each under its specific name. It is evident that no useful information can be conveyed by lumping all diseases, say of the Circulatory System, together, and simply returning them as such; each disease should be specified, ... aneurism, válvular disease of the heart, and so forth.

|| Specify.

Return under their individual names.

JOHN C. THOMSON, Medical Officer.