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Acting on your Excellency's instructions, we also took blood from as many persons as possible, and sent the slides to Dr. HUNTER for examination. We were successful in getting about 150 slides in all at different times from men, women, and children ; a number of these also contained Plague baccillus. A number of bugs were also sent from numbers 71 and 109 Second Street where cases of Plague had occurred. Baccillus was also found in them.
The number of people of both sexes who used the bath-houses from the 15th of May up to the 12th of July, were altogether 34,350, as follows:-
Woi On Lane,
92 Second Street,..
On Wai Lane,
.Males, 6,385
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14,485 .Females, 6,385
The bath-house in Sheung Fung Lane was not used owing to the prevalence of Plague there, otherwise the number of women would have been even greater.
The total number of cases to date is 43, which is made up as follows:-
30 cases certified as Plague died or were reported dead.
4
1
17
recovered.
still under Doctor's treatment.
5 cases not Plague recovered.
2
1
Total, 43
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died.
19
removed to Tung Wah Hospital.
A number of these cases were imported into the block under the following circumstances :---
CHAN PUI, 16, M., cook, 99 Third Street, who was reported sick on the 17th June and died the same day, came to No. 99 Third Street to visit one of his clans- men while there, he took sick and died. He came from the "Kung Tai" Club, No. 120 Hollywood Road. He had been employed there as cook.
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So K1, 57, M., rattan-worker, No. 6 Tak Sing Lane, 2nd floor, was reported sick on the 13th of June and died on the 14th of June. He complained of feeling ill on the 5th of June while residing at No. 10 Torcin Street and left the same day and went to No. 6 Tak Sing Lane.
CHAN FUNG, 17, M., coolie, No. 67 Third Street, who was reported sick on the 26th of May, came from the Aberdeen Brick Works to the above address sick on the 23rd of May.
There were 5 cases of Plague reported from one house under the following circumstances :-
On the 11th May, a girl named LI NGA was reported dead from the 1st floor of No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane. The occupants were removed to No. 76 Second Street after disinfecting their clothing and furniture.
The following day, 12th May, a woman named LEUNG SIN was reported sick from the ground floor.
The occupants of this floor were also removed to No. 76 Second Street, except the husband and uncle of the patient.
On the 19th May, the uncle, CHUN KUM, who remained to look after the woman in No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane reported sick.
He was removed to the Hospital in Third Street where he eventually recovered.
On the 14th May, a man named CHU KUм reported sick from No. 76 Second Street. This man originally came from No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor. He was attended to by a woman named WONG SAM, who also came from No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane. The other occupants were then removed to No. 74 Second Street. He died on the 15 of May.
The following morning, the 16th May, the woman WONG SAM also reported sick. She was removed to the Hospital in Third Street where she died on the 20th of May.