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A LUM, 44, M., coolie, No. 73 Second Street, 1st floor, reported dead on the 26th of May, said to have first taken sick on the 25th of May. This house had not been washed out by us. 15 persons occupied this floor. No further cases reported from them. Plague.
Foo CHIN, 38, F., married woman, 107 Second Street, 1st floor, reported sick on the 15th of July, sick since the 9th July. She had been pregnant nearly nine months. The husband is a ship's fireman and is mostly absent, he returned on the 14th of July, on the 11th she went to see a doctor in the Central District. The bed boards of this house has been washed out by us twice. The woman was too ill to be removed. The other occupants, numbering 9 persons, have been removed to No. 76 Second Street. It has been declared plague. She appears to be slightly better and is still under doctor's care.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
To
His Excellency Sir HENRY A. BLAKE, G.C.M.G.
T. H. GIDLEY,
Detective Inspector.