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SANITARY DEPARTMENT.

There were thirty admissions as against fifteen in 1890. There were no deaths and none were in- valided.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

The total number of admissions to the Government Civil Hospital was 2,948 as against 3,030 in 1900, and 2,734 in 1899. The total number of out-patients was 12,663 as against 13,883 in 1899.

Attached to this Report are the following Tables:-

V. Showing the admissions and mortality in the Government Civil Hospital during the year 1901. VI. List of operations performed during the year 1901.

VII. Showing the rate of mortality in the Government Civil Hospital during the last ten years. VIII. Showing the admissions into and deaths in the Government Civil Hospital during each month of the year 1901.

IX. Showing the admissions and deaths in the Government Lunatic Asylum during each month

of the year 1901.

X. Showing the number of patients in the Asylum and the disease for which they were admitted. XI. Showing the admissions and deaths in the Government Maternity Hospital during each month

of the year 1901.

The following Table gives the number and classification of those admitted to the Government Civil Hospital during the past ten years:--

1892. 1893. 1894. 1895.

1896. 1897.

1898. 1899.

1900. 1901.

Police,

496

522

505

466

588

529

488

692

920

937

Board of Trade,

157

132

100

129

87

45

65

25

37

28

Paying Patients,....

378

467

491

198

632

603

741

764

891

830

Government Servants...

168

205

168

203

269

227

186

208

266

339

Police Cases,

232

247

272

319

244

299

306

306

347

348

Free Patients,.

284

262

427

668

778

742

785

739

569

466

1,715

1,835

1,963 2,283 2,598 2,445 2,571 2,734 3,030 2,948

It will be seen that there is a decided increase in the number of Government Servants admitted, a slight increase in the number of Police and a marked diminution in the number of free patients admitted; this was accounted for last year by the fact that it is impossible to admit many cases which attend as out-patients and who should be in-patients owing to the large increase in the number of sick Police and Government Servants admitted, these two classes of patients alone contributing 276 more than in 1899.

The admissions into and deaths in the Hospital for the past ten years are as follows:-

Year. 1892,

1893,

1894,.

1895,

1896,.....

1897

**

1898,

1899,

1900,. 1901,

Admissions.

Deaths.

1,715

68

.1,835

67

.1,967

101

.2,283

114

.2,598

143

2,445

119

.2,571

138

..2,734

114

..3,030

155

....2,948

153

The rate of mortality for the year was 5.18 per cent.

The

average daily number of sick was 111.72 as against 110.95.

Women and Children.-The number admitted was 281 as against 325. It is to be hoped that the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children will be ready for occupation this year, the intention is to treat most of these cases there, one ward only being retained at the Government Civil Hospital for urgent cases and for those who could not be removed so far.

NATIONALITY.

Europeans.-960 were admitted during the year as against 943 in 1900. Indians.-834 were admitted as compared with 788 in the previous year.

Asiatics.—1,154 were admitted during the year, the figures being 1,154 as against 1,299 in 1890.

DISEASES.

The following diseases caused the greatest number of admissions :-

Fevers:

Malarial,.. Enteric, Dengue,

Febricula,

.803

25

32

9

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