│ Hæmoptysis ││ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 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 │ +───────────────────────────++──────+──────+──────+──────+──────+──────+──────+──────+ 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. {51} W. COLOMBO AND MALABAR. SINGHALESE HOSPITALS. ──────────────────────────+─────────────────+─────────────────+───────────────── │ Proportion of │ Proportion of │ Proportion of │Deaths from each │ Admissions from │Deaths from each │ Cause to 100 │each Cause to 100│ Cause to 100 —— │ Admissions from │ Admissions from │ Deaths from all │ each Cause. │ all Causes. │ Causes. +────────+────────+────────+────────+────────+──────── │ Males. │Females.│ Males. │Females.│ Males. │Females. ──────────────────────────+────────+────────+────────+────────+────────+──────── 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 │ 45·6 │ 70·0 │ ·4 │ ·5 │ ·9 │ 2·0 Cholera spasmodica │ │ │ │ │ │ Periodic fevers │ 1·7 │ ·8 │ 20·3 │ 16·0 │ 2·1 │ ·7 Continued fevers │ 2·3 │ — │ 1·3 │ ·2 │ ·2 │ — Rheumatismus acutus or │ 2·0 │ 1·9 │ 4·8 │ 4·3 │ ·6 │ ·4 Rheumatismus chronicus │ │ │ │ │ │ Scrofula or Phthisis or │ 15·2 │ 29·4 │ ·7 │ ·7 │ ·7 │ 1·1 Hæmoptysis │ │ │ │ │ │ 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 ──────────────────────────+────────+────────+────────+────────+────────+──────── NOTE.―The deaths + recoveries have been taken as the admissions in making these calculations. {52}