977
Malarial Fever. There was a considerable diminution in the number of cases occurring especially amongst the members of the Police Force.
This I attribute, to a great extent, to the prophylactic administration of qui- nine, from the 1st May to the beginning of December. Each of the Police, whether European, Indian or Chinese, was given three grains of quinine daily.
Cholera. This disease was prevalent in May. Active measures were taken to check it by the issue of notices warning the Chinese against eating unripe fruit, un- cooked vegetables, &c., and advising them always to boil their drinking water.
Small- -pox.-This disease was epidemic at Tai Po and Sha Tin districts in the Spring of the year, some twenty cases occurring with but one death.
Prompt measures were taken by vaccinating all the Civil Staff, and as far as possible most of the villagers, with calf lymph, and apparently with success as the disease did not spread to the neighbouring districts.
Vaccinations.--Free vaccination was carried on at the Police Stations during the winter months and altogether during the year 336 vaccinations were performed as compared with 78 in 1901.
Plague.-No case was reported as having occurred during the year.
J. M. ATKINSON.
THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT ANALYST.
GOVERNMENT LABORATORY,
HONGKONG, 8th April, 1903.
SIR,-I have the honour to submit a statement of the work done in the Gov- ernment Laboratory for the year 1902.
2. Analyses, more difficult and extensive than those of any previous year, were required to be performed. The work may be summarized as follows:-
Description of Cases.
Toxicological (including 11 stomachs),
Articles for blood stains,
Waters,
Petroleum,
Food and Drugs Ordinance,
Chinese Drugs,.
Coal,
Chloride of Lime,
Coal-tar Disinfectants,.
Mortars,
Lime,
Cement,
Fire enquiries,
Sulphuric Acid,
Ores,
Opium,
Soap,.
Granite,
Powders,..
Mineral Water,
Tin,...
Water deposit,
Red earth, Yellow earth,
No. of Articles
examined.
46
29
172
170
46
13
1
說
3
'7
13
9
22
19
1
12
10
: 1
1
1
21
1
2
1
Total,
603
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