HONGKONG.
No. 15
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER, FOR THE YEAR 1904,
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of
His Excellency the Governor,
GOVERNMENT CIVIL, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
HONGKONG, 28th February, 1905.
SIR,I have the honour to submit, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the following Report on the working of the Medical Department for the year 1904.
MEDICAL STAFF.
Dr. J. C. THOMSON returned from leave on the 27th October, and resumed his duties.
1905
POLICE.
The admissions to Hospital show a decrease of 48, the numbers being 707 as against 759 in 1903, the average strength of the Force being 935 as compared with 921 in 1903.
There were 4 deaths as compared with 5 in 1903, and 21 were invalided as against 20 in the previous year.
There was a still further diminution in the number of admissions from malarial fever, the figures being 107 as against 167 in 1903.
To show how much less prevalent malarial fever is in the New Territory I give the average strength and the malarial fever admissions from the eight Police Stations to the north of the range of hills bounding Kowloon, for the years 1900 and 1904-
Police Station.
Malarial Fever Admissions.
1904.
Average Strength.
1900.
1904.
1900.
Tai Po,
16
11
30
3
Sha Tin,
14
6
14
Sai Kung,
6
6
San Tin,
19
10
2 2
3
1
Sha Tau Kok,....
19
15
33
2
Sheung Shui,
25
12
Ping Shan,....
23
15
Au Tau,
20
14
142
89
126
20
In other words there is a decrease in the percentage of malarial fever ad- missions from 88% in 1900 to 22 % last year.
Quinine has been given as a prophylactic to all the Police in doses of three grains daily during the summer months.
The other diseases which caused the greatest number of admissions were dysentery 28 and beri-beri 23, these latter were all amongst the Chinese members of the Force.
Table I gives the sick rate and the mortality rate in the different sections of the Police for the past ten years.
Table II gives the admissions into and the deaths in the Government Civil Hospital from the Police Force during each month of the year 1904.
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