The annual meeting of the trustees and subscribers to the Chinese Hospital was hold on Friday afternoon at the residence of Dr. Johnston, adjoining the Hospital. There were present Mr. A. Davenport, H.B.M.'s Acting-Consul, in the chair; the Very Rev. Dean Butcher, Revs. W. Muirhead, E. R. Barrett, and E.R. Palmer, Drs, Johnston, Henderson and McLeod, and Messrs. G.'B. Glover, J.F. Seaman, E, P. Hague, ©. Thorne, G. J. W. Cowie, Francis, J. Hart and H. Sutherland.
The Cuma said the first business before the meeting was to consider the Report and the Accounts for the past year.
The following is a precis of the Revoun, 614 patients—5S9 males and 25 fermales—had been under treatment in the wards during tthe past year. Or these, 539 had beau cured, 37 relieved, and 38 had died. 14,241 outpationte (all new cases) had been prescribed for in the Dispeusury practice; 8,183 were males and 6,088 females. 18 "cases of Asiatic cholera were admitted into the Hospital during July, August and September; 11 had recovered and 7 had died. The first case was met with on 7th July, and the last on the 19th September. The exact duration of the attack in the fatal cases could not be ascertained, as they were, with one exception, moribund on admission, One died within balfan-hour after he was admitted, a second in 14 hours, " third in 2 hours, " fourth in 6 hours, a fifth in 11 hours, a sixth in 24 hours, and the seventh on the 4th day. The eases ich recovered were nearly all admitted at early stage of the illness, and were all well marked examples of tue disease. No reliable returns of the mortality among the Chinese can be obtained, but it lias been esti inforuied natives that at least 600 and the Foreign Settlements. type of the disease was severe, a2 many casex reported to have proved fatal in 6 to hours, and one came under Dr. Joluston's own observation in which the patient, native Christinn, was suddenly attacked at noon, and died shortly after six o'clock the same evening. The suddenness and severity of the attack in this ease were remarkable, as at the time of the seizure he was in perfect health, and in less than half-an-hour after the first onset of the disease he was pulseless. There can be no doubt that a slight wave of epidemic cholera passed through Shanghai during the past summer and autumn, and although many of the cases were of a virulent type, fortunately the disease was not widespread. Whatever the total number of deaths may have been, they did not probably reach the average daily mortality during the most severe time of the epidemics of 1862 and 1863. It must be remembered that nearly every year sporadic cases of a very bad type of cholera are met with among the natives. In 1875 six well viarked caves of Asiatic cholera were admitted into hospital, four of which proved fatal, Last year (1876) five of a similar type were admitted, and 3 proved fatal, During 1874 and 1875 choleraic diarrhea was very prevalent, 69 cases were seen in the former year, and $6 during the latter, while 49 were observed during 1876. There can be no doubt that cholera is more or less endemic in this place, and this fact should be kept in view by maintaining an increased vigilance in the prosecution of sanitary reforms, especially during the months when the disease is most prevalent,—Itis satisfactory to report a steady increase vaccination among the Chinese in the foreign Settlements, as well as the native cit and the suburbs of Shanghai. 3,833 children were vaccinated in the vaccine establishment in the city during the past year. ber, along makes a total of 5,000 for the year.—of opium poi: ug were less frequent during last year. The total number under treatment was 33, of which 16 recovered During the past two years a few benevolent Chinese lave interested themselves in trying to rescue opium suicides, They have been supplied with sulphate of zino, and instructed ow to use it, an many lives have i Unfortunately the consequence the cases have been brought to Hosp in a very hopeless condition. Ieference has Leen frequently made in former reports to the treatment adopted in such cases Ly the subcutaneous injection of atropine.—Ten years experience of its use fully confirms the opinions previously expressed of its value. With reference to the death rate, it may be mentioned that 12 of the deaths took place to Hospital, -—Apoplexy, 3 1; Jaundice, 1; Cholera, 6 ery, 1.—A small proper treated in the wards (95) we plied with food by the Hospital. Tue remainder provided their own food at their own expense, or the expense of their friends,—In concluding the report Dr. Join-ton again recorded his obligations to Dr, Henderson his assistance at many of the operations during the past year. ous Subscriptions for 137i.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.