W. COLOMBO AND MALABAR. SINGHALESE HOSPITALS. | ||||||
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| —— | Proportion of Deaths from each Cause to 100 Admissions from each Cause. | Proportion of Admissions from each Cause to 100 Admissions from all Causes. | Proportion of Deaths from each Cause to 100 Deaths from all Causes. | |||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| All causes | 20·7 | 18·1 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| Variola | 11·2 | 9·9 | 1·1 | 8·5 | ·8 | 4·6 |
| Dysenteria | 49·0 | 54·1 | 14·2 | 10·2 | 43·6 | 30·1 |
| Diarrhœa | 30·9 | 52·3 | 8·2 | 7·8 | 16·1 | 22·3 |
| Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica | 45·6 | 70·0 | ·4 | ·5 | ·9 | 2·0 |
| Periodic fevers | 1·7 | ·8 | 20·3 | 16·0 | 2·1 | ·7 |
| Continued fevers | 2·3 | — | 1·3 | ·2 | ·2 | — |
| Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus | 2·0 | 1·9 | 4·8 | 4·3 | ·6 | ·4 |
| Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis | 15·2 | 29·4 | ·7 | ·7 | ·7 | 1·1 |
| Brain and nervous system | 12·6 | 12·6 | 1·6 | 3·2 | 1·5 | 3·1 |
| Chest diseases | 20·7 | 24·2 | 1·0 | 1·3 | 1·3 | 1·7 |
| Liver diseases | 12·0 | 33·3 | ·3 | ·1 | ·2 | ·2 |
| Other diseases | 11·0 | 13·2 | 46·1 | 47·2 | 32·0 | 33·8 |
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NOTE.—The deaths + recoveries have been taken as the admissions in making these calculations. | ||||||