Diseases of the Lungs—Double pneumonia,

3; broncho pneumonia, 1; bronchitis, 3;
Bronchitis, with emphysema of lungs, 1;
pleurisy, with effusion on left side of chest, 1;
phthisis pulmonalis, 9.

Diseases of the Heart,

4 (endocarditis 1, pericarditis 1, aortic valvular disease 2).

Diseases of the Throat—Tonsilitis,

2; syphilitic ulceration of tonsils, 4; strumous ulceration of tonsils, 1.

Diseases of the Abdomen—Dysentery,

5 (4 chronic and 1 acute); diarrhoea, 1; dyspepsia, 1;
hepatitis, 5; jaundice, 1; obstinate constipation, 2; colic, 1; passage of gall stone,
9; ulceration of stomach, 1.

Diseases of Nervous System—Delirium tremens,

8 (complicated with double pneumonia 1;
hemiplegia, 2; paraplegia, 1; epilepsy, 3;
meningitis (acute softening of the brain), 1;
dementia, 1; mania, 1; hysteria, 3;
chorea, 1; amenorrhoea, 2.

Colonial Fever,

5 (hepatic 3, enteric 2);
general debility (oedema of lower extremities), 1; coup de soleil, 1; uraemia, 1.

II—Surgical Cases.

Fractures—Simple,

21 (femur 3, tibia 1, tibia spine 1, and fibula 3, Pott’s fracture 4,
clavicle 3, ribs 2, radius and ulna 1, radius 1,
spine of scapula 1, fourth and fifth metatarsal bones 1).

Compound, 1 (tibia and fibula); compound comminuted, with loss of bone, 2 (tibia and fibula 2); compound dislocation of ankle joint, with fracture of tibia and fibula, 1.

Dislocations—

Left shoulder, 1; right knee joint, Hey’s dislocation, 1.

Contused and lacerated wounds—

Scalp, 5; foot, 1; groin, 1; lower lip, 1.

Incised Wounds—

Wrist joint, 1; foot, 1; head, 1.

Contusions—

Chest, 3; shoulder, 1; knee, 2; back, 3; head, 1; leg, 1; neck and head, 1.

Strumous Disease of Knee Joint—

Traumatic periostitis, 1 (wrist joint); Traumatic synovitis, 2 (wrist joint 1, knee joint 1); acute suppurative bursitis knee joint, 1; chronic synovitis knee joint, 1; disease of knee joint from old injury, 3.

Diseases of Eye—

Epithelioma of eye-ball, 1; fibrous tumour at back of eye-ball, 1;
cataract, 1; amaurosis, 1; diplopia, 1; ulcer on cornea, 1; granular lids, 1; wound of cornea, with prolapse of iris, 2; wound of cornea, with loss of lens, 1; conjunctivitis, 1; pterygium, 1.

Diseased Bone—

Necrosis of ramus of pubes and ischium, 1; necrosis of head of humerus and scapula, 1.

Spinal curvature,

1; flat foot, 1; Epulis, 1;
Ranula, 1; constitution bubo, 1; abscess, beneath lower maxilla 1, in axilla 1;
anthrax, 1; erysipelas, 1.

Skin Diseases—

Eczema, 7 (acute 2, chronic 5); psoriasis, 3; purpura, 1.

Rupture of omentum,

1 (internal haemorrhage); epistaxis, 1; extensive burn on arm and forearm, 1; haematocole, 1; haematuria, 1; orchitis, 5; ovaritis, 1; stricture of urethra, inflammatory, 1; spasmotic, 1, permanent, 4; calculus, 1; piles, 6; paraphymosis, 1; Leuchorrhoea, 2; chronic cystitis, 1; stricture of rectum, 1; fistula in ano, 3; urinary fistula, 1.

Ulcers—

Chronic, 3; varicose, 2; syphilitic, 1.

Gonorrhoea,

8; prolaps of uterus, 2; retroversion of uterus, 1.

Syphilis—

Primary, 4; secondary, (Hunterian chancre) 4; infantile, 1; bubo, 4;
ulceration of tonsils, 4; rheumatism, 2;
psoriasis, 3; tertiary, 1; ulceration of cervical glands, 1; condylomata, 4.

This list is a full enumeration of all the medical and surgical diseases which have received treatment in the Hospital during the last six months. A review of the above will show the reverse of what is generally experienced in Hospitals in the old country, viz., the much greater number of surgical over medical cases, and the more remarkable predominance of acute as compared with chronic or organic disease.

Rheumatism is rapidly leaving the Coast, the number of cases treated during the last six months have been 40 per cent less than during the previous half-year. Most of the cases of acute inflammation were furnished during the months of May and June when the weather was cold and wet.

The number of severe injuries have been nearly twice as numerous as they were during the previous six months, with one exception they all occurred to miners, and were caused by the fall of large trees or the giving way of the slabs in tunnels causing the downfall of clay and heavy boulders.

DETAILS OF THE MORTALITY.

I—Surgical Cases.

1. M. C., age 19 years, jockey. Injury to cervical vertebrae and base of brain, produced by a fall from his horse. When admitted was in a dying condition. Autopsy showed extensive effusion of blood on brain and spinal cord.

2. W. H., age 32 years. Injury to abdomen from a fall on the stump of a tree. Was admitted in a moribund condition. Autopsy.