According to this statement, the mortality from fevers, though less than what it was in
1872 and 1873, is greater than in the other years since 1866. The mortality has been consider
-
ably less from dysentery than in any of the nine preceding years. The mortality from
cholera, though considerably less than it was in the first six years of the decade, is greater
than it has been in any year since 1870 ; and the mortality from small-pox has been higher
than in any other years of the decade, with the exception of 1865 and 1870.
Statement No. VIII.
Sickness and mor
tality according to
season.
MONTHS.
IN-DOOR.
OUT-DOOR.
Deaths registered
by the muni-
cipality.
Admitted.
Died.
Admitted.
January
1,623
354
15,831
956
February
1,230
247
12,681
741
March
1,419
254
16,904
780
April
1,265
233
15,590
946
May
1,347
224
17,960
907
June
1,317
155
19,750
633
July
1,675
227
23,353
804
August
1,919
267
24,197
840
September
1,837
260
21,978
1,008
October
1,853
248
23,679
868
November
1,920
332
23,081
1,053
December
1,864
400
19,973
1,271
Total
1 9 , 2 6 9
3,201
234,977
. . . . . . . . .
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REPORT ON THE
Diseases treated.
Statement No. VI shows the principal diseases of the in-patients in the several hospitals
and. the rate of mortality from them.
Intermittent and remittent fevers, and their sequelæ, viz., diseases of the spleen, liver,
debility and anæmia, are very considerably higher than in 1873. Bowel affections, viz.,
diarrhœa and dysentery, are also higher than in 1873, and chest affections and injuries are
slightly lower. There was a rise in small-pox (58 cases against 15) and in cholera cases.
Diseases in order
of fatality.
11. The following diseases in order of fatality have given the greatest number of deaths
during the year from the total treated, viz.:—
1. Dysentery.
4. Remittent fever.
7. Dropsy.
2. Cholera.
5. Debility.
8. Phthisis.
3. Diarrhœa.
6. Spleen diseases.
The following diseases in order of fatality caused the greatest number of deaths among
Europeans :—(1) cholera, (2) phthisis, (3) dysentery, and (4) fevers.
Mortality from the
more prevalent
forms of disease.
12. Statement No. VII shows the mortality from the more prevalent forms of disease
during 1874 as taken from the municipal returns, in comparison with that of the nine
previous years.
Statement No. VII.
YEARS.
Fevers.
Dysentery.
Cholera.
Diarrhœa.
Small-pox.
1865
5,369
2,291
5,076
981
4,923
1866
5,258
2,555
6,823
1,251
83
1867
3,866
1,708
2,268
832
35
1868
3,676
1,682
4,178
730
42
1869
3,831
1,835
3,592
174
39
1870
3,596
1,038
1,563
662
151
1871
4,251
980
800
509
32
1872
5,003
1,184
1,142
625
18
1873
4,718
1,055
1,134
582
34
1874
4,324
778
1,155
577
115
13. In statement No. VIII the number of in-door and out-door patients and the deaths
among the former are shown for each month of the year. The largest number of in-door
patients was admitted during the month of November, and in this class of patient there was
a steady rise from June ; but in August the numbers admitted nearly equalled those
o f
November. The greatest mortality was during the cold-weather months of November,
December, and January, and the highest mortality in any one month was in December. The
lowest number of admissions into hospital was in February, and the smallest number of deaths
in June.
Of out-door patients, the month of August gives the greatest number, and February
the least.