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Annexe D.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN,

ADMISSIONS, DISEASES AND DEATHS.

There were 278 admissions during 1906 as compared with 212 in 1905.

Table I gives in detail the diseases and causes of death during the year.

The admissions may be classified thus :—

(1.) According to Age:

Under 3 years,

Between 3 and 12 years,

Qver 12 years,

(2.) Nationality

Europeans,

Asiatics,

(3.) For purposes of payment :-

Government Servants,

Wives of Government Servants,

Private Paying Patients,

Free Patients, chiefly young children,

65

107

42

171

241

37

13

41

134

90

Malarial Ferer.-There were altogether 24 cases under treatment, sonic developing

the disease whilst in the hospital.

The varieties were as follows:-

Quartan, Tertian,

Malignant,

Mixed Infection (Maliguant and Simple Tertian),

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The Quartan cases came from the West Point Filter Beds and Aberdeen Police Station; the Tertian from Sham Shui Po Police Station and Magazine Gap, and the Malignant from Morrison Hill Gap (4), Wong Nei Chung Road (3), Bay View Police Station (2), Babing- ton Path (2), and single cases from Praya East, West Point Filter Beds, Stanley Police Station, and Shaukiwan Police Station.

The fatal case was that of a European child aged 14 years from Wong Nei Chung Road.

Fifteen deaths occurred, giving a mortality of 5-3 per cent.

Operations. The following operations were performed during the year

Curetting,

Laparotomy,

Tumour of Chest,

Fistula-in-ano,

Osteotomy,

Circumcision,

Rectal Abscess,

Hæmorrhoids,.

Polypus,

Degenerating Mole,...

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1

1

1

2

1.

3

1

Seven of the confinement cases had chloroform administered and three were instru- mental cases; one infant was still-born.