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Enclosure 2.
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A Return shewing (4) the number of cases of Bubonic Plague which have been reported as occurring in the Colony from the 1st day of January, 1896, to the date hereof, and (B) the number of deaths therefrom during the same period.
Number of cases reported up till noon of the 5th May, 1896,
715
14*
Number of cases reported during the past 24 hours,
Total number of cases reported to date,.
729
Number of deaths reported up till noon of the 5th May, 1896.
Number of deaths reported during the past 24 hours,........
629
10
Total number of deaths recorded to date.......
C39
* 8 of these occurred in the City, 3 in British Kowloon and 3 in the Harbour.
SANITARY BOARD ROOM,
6th May, 1896.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.
WEEKLY ABSTRACT.
WEEK ENDED.
CASES. DEAths.
WEEK ENDED.
CASES. DEATHS.
4th January, 1896,
Nil.
Nil.
4th April, 1896,
63
45
11th
18
14
11th
63
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11
18th
7
7
18th
73
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11
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25th
8
9
25th
78
**
37
1st February,
18
16
2nd May,
80
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12
8
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60
60
77
63
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25
19
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17
17
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41
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29th
37
30
30th
35
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7th March,
35
33
6th June,
14th
27
27
13th
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21st
42
31
20th
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28th
45
45
27th
55
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