Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong.

  • Hong Kong. Medical Department.
Date:
[1940]
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Credit: Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Appendix C. Appendix D. International List of Diseases. Deaths Deaths Causes of Death, 1938 Males Females Persons Males Females Persons Brought forward . 7,116 5,259 12,375 32,836 21,323 54,159 161 («) Other diseases peculiar to the first year of life :— Asphyxia during or after birth, atelectasis . (6) Intoxication due to maternal toxaemia }. — — 2 2 4 (c) Infections of the new-born, in¬ cluding non-syphilitic pem¬ phigus . — '— — _ — (d) Melaena neonatorum . — — — — — — (e) Other specified diseases (including gangrene or haemorrhage of umbilicus, icterus neonatorum, acute catarrhal hepatitis) . 88 49 137 94 113 207 162 («) XVI.—Senility, Old Age. Senility, old age :— Old age . (b) Senility with mention of senile dementia . — — — — _ .- (c) . Senility without mention of senile dementia . — — — 736 1,022 1,758 163 («) (a) XVII.—Violent or Accidental Deaths Suicide by poisoning :— Suicide by solid or liquid toxic or corrosive substances :— By corrosive substances . 1 6 7 12 14 26 (b) By analgesic and narcotic drugs 4 2 6 6 12 18 (c) By soporific drugs (not liquid anaesthetics) . — — — — — — (d) (b) («) By other or unspecified solid or liquid poisons . Suicide by poisonous gas :— By coal-gas, including other gases in domestic use . 3 3 3 — 3 (b) By motor exhaust gases . — — — — — — (c) By other poisonous gases . — — — — — — 164 («) Other forms of suicide :— Suicide by hanging or strangula¬ tion . 44 15 59 44 15 59 (b) Suicide by drowning . 20 15 35 20 15 35 (c) Suicide by fire-arms and explosives 4 — 4 — 6 (d) Suicide by cutting or piercing in¬ struments . — — — — — — (e) Suicide by jumping from high places . • 28 5 33 28 5 33 (/) («) Suicide by crushing :— Suicide on railways . (6) Other suicide by crushing . —. — — — - — (?) Suicide by other or unspecified means . 10 6 16 10 6 16