V. SINGHALESE HOSPITALS. COLOMBO AND MALABAR. | ||||||||||||
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Of the Admissions into Hospitals, the Proportion per Cent. who died and who recovered, during Four Years, 1855–59. | ||||||||||||
| Table V., Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| —— | All Ages. | Under 5 Years. | 5 and under 15 Years. | |||||||||
| Died in Hospital. | Recovered. | Died in Hospital. | Recovered. | Died in Hospital. | Recovered. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| All diseases | 20·7 | 18·1 | 84·0 | 80·4 | 6·1 | 6·6 | 93·9 | 93·4 | 17·3 | 10·6 | 82·7 | 88·3 |
| Variola | 11·2 | 9·9 | 88·8 | 90·1 | 10·0 | 6·7 | 90·0 | 93·3 | 4·3 | 4·2 | 95·7 | 95·8 |
| Dysenteria | 49·0 | 54·1 | 51·0 | 45·9 | — | 25·0 | 100·0 | 75·0 | 40·8 | 38·1 | 59·2 | 61·9 |
| Diarrhœa | 30·9 | 52·3 | 68·5 | 47·7 | 20·0 | 20·0 | 80·0 | 80·0 | 62·5 | 26·7 | 37·5 | 73·3 |
| Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica | 45·6 | 70·0 | 54·4 | 30·0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Periodic fevers | 1·7 | 0·8 | 98·3 | 99·2 | 2·9 | — | 97·2 | 100·0 | — | — | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| Continued fevers | 2·3 | — | 97·7 | 100·0 | — | — | — | — | 33·4 | — | 66·6 | — |
| Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus | 2·0 | 1·9 | 98·2 | 98·1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | — |
| Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis | 15·2 | 29·4 | 84·8 | 70·6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | — |
| Brain and nervous system | 12·6 | 12·6 | 76·3 | 58·6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | 33·3 |
| Chest diseases | 20·7 | 24·2 | 79·3 | 72·7 | — | — | — | 100·0 | — | — | — | — |
| Liver diseases | 12·0 | 33·3 | 88·0 | 66·7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | — |
| —— | 15 and under 40 Years. | 40 and upwards. | ||||||
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| Died in Hospital. | Recovered. | Died in Hospital. | Recovered. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| All diseases | 12·9 | 17·0 | 86·6 | 81·8 | 25·6 | 24·8 | 74·4 | 72·6 |
| Variola | 13·0 | 7·9 | 87·0 | 92·1 | 14·3 | 26·5 | 85·7 | 73·5 |
| Dysenteria | 43·3 | 51·8 | 56·7 | 48·2 | 62·9 | 62·6 | 37·1 | 37·4 |
| Diarrhœa | 25·3 | 54·2 | 74·7 | 45·8 | 47·5 | 57·4 | 48·5 | 42·6 |
| Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica | 46·0 | 57·1 | 54·0 | 42·9 | 40·0 | 100·0 | 60·0 | — |
| Periodic fevers | 1·4 | 1·5 | 98·6 | 98·5 | 3·6 | — | 96·4 | 100·0 |
| Continued fevers | 1·8 | — | 98·2 | 100·0 | 2·4 | — | 97·6 | 100·0 |
| Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus | 2·0 | 3·0 | 98·0 | 97·0 | 2·1 | — | 97·9 | 100·0 |
| Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis | 14·3 | 33·3 | 85·7 | 66·7 | 18·8 | — | 81·2 | 100·0 |
| Brain and nervous system | 8·3 | 8·1 | 83·5 | 67·6 | 20·0 | 20·6 | 62·9 | 44·1 |
| Chest diseases | 14·7 | 26·3 | 85·3 | 73·7 | 35·0 | 23·1 | 65·0 | 69·2 |
| Liver diseases | 7·4 | 50·0 | 92·6 | 50·0 | 18·2 | — | 81·8 | 100·0 |
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NOTE.—In some instances the number of admissions were exceeded by the deaths + the recoveries; in calculating the per-centages, the aggregate of the deaths and recoveries (D. + R.) were in these instances regarded as the number of admissions. | ||||||||