329
There were in addition sixteen cremations of bo lies during the year.
DISINFECTING STATIONS.
During the year the two Disinfecting Stations dealt with 156,483 articles of clothing, bedding, etc.
These articles were received for disinfection according to the following Table :-
Victoria Station.
Articles from Private Houses,
Kennedy Town Hospital,
Tung Wa Ho-pital,.............
Government Civil Hospital,
27
Alice Memorial Hospital,
Police Stations and Gaol,
..11,874
... 1,004
782
1.543
206
335
77
Military Hospital and Barracks...
1,119
Government Clothing lent to Contacts..........
840
Clothing and Bedding of Staff, .....
4,200
21,903
The disinfecting apparatus was in use on 225 days.
Kowloon Station,
Articles from Private Houses,
Government Clothing lent to Contacts,
.133,383
1,197
134,580
The disinfecting apparatus was in use on 172 days.
PUBLIC BATH-HOUSES.
The free Public Bath-houses erected by the Government at Wanchai and in Pound Lane, Taipingshan, and also the temporary bath-houses, fitted up in Chinese tenement houses rented for this purpose, at 92 Second Street and 2 Sheung Fung Lane, have been in great demand by the poor class of Chinese and the following figures show the total number of persons who have used these bath-houses during the year 1907 :-
Wanchai
Pound Lane,
Second Street,
Sheung Fung Lane,
Total,
101,608
110,094
58,684
32,814
303,200
Separate baths, with an ample supply of hot water, are furnishel at each of these bath-houses-that at Wanchai is for men only, and is largely used by the coal coolies engaged in coaling ships in the Harbour, and that at Second Street is also for men only. The Pound Lane bath-house has separate buildings for men and for women and children, and the Sheung Fung Lane bath-house is for women and children only.