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30. Statement No. VIII shows the numbers of in and out-door patients admitted, and
the deaths from the former, during every month in the year :—
Admissions and
deaths for each
mouth of the year.
Statement No. VIII.
MONTHS.
IN-DOOR.
OUT-DOOR.
Deaths registered
by the
Municipality.
Admitted.
Died.
Admitted.
January
1,468
378
17,292
1,247
February
1,329
284
16,560
1,044
March
1,482
310
20,264
1,320
April
1,456
251
19,935
1,266
May
1, 434
237
20,974
985
June
1,451
192
21,537
882
July
1,969
237
25,310
939
August
•
2,192
266
32,003
1,172
September
2,110
314
28,700
1,269
October
2,223
443
26,393
1,431
November
2, 484
476
26,692
1,849
December
2,069
427
23,633
1,668
Total
21,667
3,815
279,29
15,072
31. The largest number of in-door patients was admitted during the months of Novem
-
ber, October, August, September, December, and July ; for the remainder of the year the
number of admissions in each month did not vary much. In the out-door departments the
highest number of patients was registered during August, September, October, November,
July, and December. The greatest mortality, according to the municipal returns, was in the
month of November, the lowest in June, and the highest and lowest hospital mortality
occurred in exactly the same months. The month of February, according to the hospital
returns, was the most healthy month in the year.
32. In statement No. IX is shown the admissions of "in" and "out-door" patients
during every month of the year from fevers, dysentery, diarrhœa, and cholera, the mortality
of the in-door patients each month, and the deaths registered in the municipal returns :—
The most unhealthy
months.
Months of
greatest mortality.
Prevalence of
particular disease
according to season.
Statement No. IX.
DISEASES.
FEVERS.
DYSENTERY.
DIARRHŒA.
CHOLERA.
Patients.
I n - d o o r .
Out -door.
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
I n - d o o r .
o u t - d o o r .
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
I n - d o o r .
O u t - d o o r .
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
I n - d o o r .
O u t - d o o r .
M u n i c i p a l r e t u r n s .
MONTHS.
A d m i t t e d .
D i e d .
A d m i t t e d .
A d m i t t e d .
Died.
A d m i t t e d .
A d m i t t e d . Died.
A d m i t t e d .
A d m i t t e d . Died.
A d m i t t e d .
January
222 29 2,989 386
142 70
643
127
100 39 1,014
95
51 35
22
130
February
171 20 3,191 337
88 23
468
100
58 19
734
59
56 41
16
73
March
187 16 3,868 294
83 13
408
69
62 15 1,044
69
120 77
64 268
April
229 21 3,922 359
76 15
456
78
76 16
961
56
100 49
61
268
May
229 19 3,783 303
86 16
528
62
74 23
910
44
55 24
33
119
June
223 20 3,929 305
92 12
595
73
64 13 1,026
45
35 14
21
66
Jul y
574 28 5,987 415
182 33
661
64 100 20 1,300
51
36
7
10
32
August
695 34 9,433 575
194 46
777
92
129 22 2,048
61
34 7
25
35
September
651 53 7,531 580
226 49
734 100
139 34 1,785
5 6 38
8
22
55
October
545 56 6,855 526
213 92
742
136
176 40 1,472
94
71 39
31
150
November
740 54 7,849 650
250 111
901
177
176 45 1,496
95
131 79
66
358
December
564 43 5,924 713
279 104
904 196
135 34 1,385
96
51 25
38
172
33. For the sake of easy explanation of this statement, I give a table in the same form
as in last year's report :—
Fevers.
Dysentery.
Diarrhœa.
Cholera.
In-door patients
Greatest number of cases November
December
October and November November and March.
Largest mortality in
October
November
November
Ditto ditto.
Outdoor patients
Greatest number of cases August
December
August
November and March.
Municipal returns
Most deaths in
December
November
December
November, March, and
April.