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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1905.
The distribution of the deaths throughout the year was as follows:-
January,
30
February,
18
July, August,
84
.100
March,
24
September,.
88
April,
66
October,.
61
May, June,.
..101
November,
63
56
December,
41
298
437
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The total number of cases of infectious disease reported by registered medical practitioners during the year was 758, of which 510 were cases of Plague. The following Tables show the number of cases of each disease reported during each quarter of the year, and the general distribution of the cases throughout the Colony.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
NATIONA-
LITY.
1sT
2ND
3RD QUARTER QUARTER. QUARTER. QUARTER.
4TH
TOTAL.
Chinese,
367
124
507
Plague,
Other Asiaties,
Enteric
European,......
Chinese,
Fever,
Other Asiatics,
7
Chinese,
35.
Cholera,
Other Asiatics, .
European,
3
Small-pox,
Chinese,
35
Other Asiatics,
European,
Diphtheria,
Chinese,
Puerperal
Chinese,
Fever,
Other Asiatics, .
Searlet
European,
Fever,
Chinese,
510
2
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1
17
54
42
55
129
20
40
41
54
64
57
464
156
81
759
DISTRIBUTION OF CASES.
CITY OF VICTORIA HEALTH DISTRICTS.
Kow-
loon.
2 3 4 5 6
8 9 10 11 12
Harbour.
New
Territory.
Villages of
Hongkong.
No.
Address.
Imported.
Plague,..
15 25 17 14 11 14 12 31 149 51 25 49
25
Enteric Fever,
7 17 13 5 3
1:
3 8 4 5
なる
25
45
3
14
333
Cholera,
Small-pox, 4
2 22
N
3
Co
2
4 5 11 4
7 1
1
1
1
5
Diphterin,... 2
2
1
Scarlet Fever,
Puerperal Fever,..
1
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PLAGUE.
Dr. W. W. PEARSE, who acted as Medical Officer of Health in my absence on leave during the greater part of the year, has submitted an exhaustive report on the Plague incidence during the year, so that further comment on this subject is unnecessary here.