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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1906.
Annexe G.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
The total register of new patients was 2,002, as against 2,164 in 1904; 2,196 in 1903; and 1,749 in 1902.
The number of old patients was 686, as against 1,005 in 1904; and 855 in 1903.
There have been 105 regular professional visits to the various outstations in the Territory.
Vaccinations performed free of cost: 75. There was no case of small-pox reported to me during the year.
Lepers, now 13 in number, have been regularly seen and treated. supplied with rice by the Government every day.
Ten of them are
There was one birth of a leper girl on September. The baby was born with macules on her body. She was sent in to the Tung Wa Hospital by the order of the local Magistrate.
The number of malarial fever cases was 635, as against 552 in 1904; 525 in 1903; and 275 in 1902.
Table I shows the diseases treated at the Dispensary.
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Table I.
Diseases treated at Dispensary.
No. of Cases.
Disease of the Organs of Respiration,
$3
"1
Disease of the lymphatic system,
urinary system,
145
Circulation, Digestion,
59
313
21
8
blood,
muscles,
5
103
12
skin,
eye,
ear,
General diseases
Beri-beri,....... Malarial Fever, Syphilis, Injuries,
166
183
6
15
635
75
268
Total,
2,002
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