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It is with much regret that I have to record the death in the Government Civil Hospital, on the 24th November last, of Dr. CHUNG KING Ü.
He has been the Resident Medical Officer at the Tung Wah Hospital since 1895 and it is to a great extent due to his tact and skill that so many improvements have been effected there. He died from consumption after several months' illness, and was succeeded by Dr. JEU HAWK.
PUBLIC MORTUARY AND VACCINE INSTITUTE.
The Government Bacteriologist, Dr. HUNTER, shortly after his arrival at the end of February last, took over the work at the Public Mortuary and the Vaccine Institute.
KENNEDY TOWN INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL.
During the year the hospital premises have been enclosed by a substantial iron railing.
Two hundred and six patients were treated, 17 being cases of small-pox, 52 cholera, and 94 were admitted suffering from plague.
The large increase in the number of cholera cases was due to the outbreak of the disease which occurred last spring and summer.
There was a decided diminution in the number of cases of small-pox and plague as compared with the previous year.
The European Nursing Staff was completed by the arrival in May last of Wardınaster MCKAY.
Dr. JEU HAWK was appointed resident medical officer during the time that cholera and plague were prevalent.
The Hospital Hulk "Hygeia" was moored off Kennedy Town Hospital from the 28th February to the 1st July and several cases of small-
-pox were treated there.
VACCINATIONS.
The following Vaccinations were performed during the
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ANTI-MALARIAL Measures.
These have been vigorously continued during the year in the Western District. Several of the Nullahs here should be trained, I refer more especially to the one above Ripon Terrace to the West of the Nethersole Hospital. Several of the others require constant attention, viz., the one to the West of Richmond Terrace, &c.
The neighbourhood of Macdonnell Road has been dealt with. Much un- dergrowth has been removed, pools of stagnant water have been drained and the nullahs have also been partially trained.
In the winter months a general fumigation of the servants' quarters in the houses of this district was carried out by the Sanitary Board Staff with the object of killing off the anopheles with which they were found to be infected.
The military authorities have also been carrying on similar measures extensively on their land below Kennedy Road.
NEW TERRITORY.
Dr. Ho NAI Hor continued to reside at Tai Po and has attended at regular intervals the several Police Stations and Districts.
In an Appendix are given the notes of several cases of interest which have occurred in the Government Civil Hospital during the year.