388
Appendix B.
EXPERIMENTAL BLOCK.
REPORT SHOWING NUMBER OF RAT-HOLES IN PREMISES OF SHEUNG FUNG LANE.
House No. Floor.
Remarks.
One hole leading to Kitchen.
31
Three holes
One hole
"5
Kitchen.
No. 9 Ground Floor.
One in Kitchen penetrating two feet three inches into
11
No. 1 Ground No. 3 Top No. 5 Ground
One
""
""
11
No. 1 Top Floor.
One
No. 3 Ground Floor.
17
99
No. 5
""
""
No. 7
""
No. 9
"J
No. 15 No. 18 No. 6
Top Ground
One
77
No. 2.
Top
the earth.
One hole leading to No. 13 Top Floor.
""
Kitchen.
One hole leading from Kitchen to No. 8 Ground Floor
Kitchen.
One hole leading from Kitchen to No. 4 Top Floor Kitchen.
J. H. SYDNEY, Temporary Inspector of Observation Block.
HONGKONG, 26th May, 1903.
Appendix C.
HISTORY OF EACH CASE.
CHAN Koo, 30, M., rattan worker, No. 16 Sheung Fung Lane, 1st floor, re- ported dead on the 24th April. 12 persons occupied this floor. This house had not previously been washed out by us. No further cases were reported from this house. After washing out the house the occupants were allowed to remain.
YUEN FONG, 23, F., married woman, No. 3 On Wai Lane, 1st floor, reported sick on the 26th of April. She had been sick since the 24th of April. This case was declared plague. She was attended to by an outside Chinese Doctor under whose care she eventually recovered. The other occupants were removed to No. 88 Second Street, after washing their effects in the tanks. No further cases were reported from this house. This floor was occupied by 15 persons. She was nursed by her mother and another Chinese woman. This house had not previously been washed out by us.
WONG TAK, 52, M., coolie, No. 44 Second Street, 1st floor, reported sick the 30th April, had been sick since the 24th of April, and died the 1st of May. The other occupants were removed to No. 76 Second Street. After his death, the other occupants removed back after washing out the floor and going through the usual process. He was attended to by the Chinese Doctor from the Tung Wah Hospital and nursed by a clansman. This man was also a victim to consumption. 14 per- sons occupied this floor. This house had not been previously washed out by us.
LAI CHUN, 24, M., hawker, No. 21 Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor, reported sick on the 1st of May. This man had a bubo in the groin and a scar on the foot. He stated that he fell a few days previous causing the scar on the foot. This case was declared not plague.