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The other diseases which occasioned the greatest number of admissions were dysentery 36, beri-beri 10 and enteric fever 4.

The admissions to the Hospital from the various sections of the Force is given in the following Table:-

Year.

1892,

European. 152

Indian.

Chinese.

224

120

1893,

134

255

133

1894,

127

244

134

1895,

90

254

116

1896,

94

370

124

1897.

99

320

107

1898,

87

279

122

1899,

117

421

154

1900,

183

1901,

202

522 521

215

214

There were eight deaths during the year-four Europeans died of endo-carditis, typhoid fever, pneumonia and empyema, respectively. There were two deaths amongst the Indians from malarial fever, and two Chinamen died-one from beri-beri and the other from plague.

Sixteen were invalided, namely, three Europeans, ten Indians and three Chinese, the causes being dysentery, phthisis (four), asthma, sprue, hemiplegia, dropsy, chronic rheumatism, beri-beri, sciatica, tuberculosis, chronic synovitis and debility (two).

Table I gives the admissions and deaths in the Government Civil Hospital during each month of the year.

Table II shows the rate of sickness and the mortality in the Force during the year.

Table III gives the admissions to the Hospital for malarial fever from each station during the year. The following Table gives the total admissions to Hospital and deaths in the Force for the last ten

years:-

Year.

1892,

1893,

-1894,

1995,

1896,

1897.

1898,

1899,

1900,

1901,

Admissions.

Deaths.

.496

7

..522

6

..505

15

.466

8

.588

14

..526

7

..488

19

.692

16

..920

4

.937

8

TROOPS,

There was an increase in the number of admissions to the Hospital as compared with 1900. From Table IV it will be seen that the mortality amongst the European troops was less and that amongst the Indian troops was higher than in the previous year.

The average daily rate of sickness was higher with in European and Indian troops, this being more marked in the latter.

Amongst the deaths in the British troops were two from enteric fever, two from bubonic plague and four from malarial fever, five dying of heat apoplexy.

The following Table gives the sickness and mortality amongst the Troops for the past ten years:

Year.

1892.

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,.

...

1897,..... 1898,

•

1899,... 1900,... 1901,

Admissions.

Deaths.

.2,844

31

.2,927

28

.2,905

39

.3,099

28

..4,274

19

.4,455

15

.3,896

21

.4,714

29

.3,938

40

...5,359

67

GAOL STAFF.

Eighty-one members of the Gaol staff were admitted to Hospital during the year out of a total staff of 93.

There were two deaths and four were invalided, the deaths were one European from malarial coma and one Indian from phthisis; the invalidings were three Indians from phthisis and one Chinaman from rheumatism.