400
Appendex F.
KENNEDY TOWN HOSPITAL.
Plague Cases 1903 (to 6th July).
BEFORE CARBOLIC ACID WAS USED.
In the first half of the Epidemic.
Cases.
Cured.
Convales- cent.*
Deaths.
Mortality.
Europeans,
2.
1
1
50.0 %
Portuguese,
Chinese,
123
15
2
106
86.2 %
Other Races,
14
2
12
85.7%
139
18
2 *
119
85.6 %
20
UNDER THE USE OF CARBOLIC ACID.
In the second half of the Epidemic.
Cases.
Cured.
Convales- cent.*
Deaths.
Mortality.
Europeans,
22
17
4
1
4.5 %
Portuguese,
1
1
0. %
Chinese,
80
31
3
46
57.5 %
Other Races,.
40
20
15
5
12.5 %
143
69
22 *
52
36.4%
91
Throughout the Epidemic (to 6th July).
Cases.
Cured.
Convales- cent.*
Deaths.
Mortality.
Europeans,
24
18
4
2
8.33 %
Portuguese,
1
1
0. %%
Chinese,
203
46
5
152
74.88 %
Other Races,
54
15
17
31.48 %
282
87
24 *
171
60.64 %
111
*Of those classed as "Convalescent' on 6th July, most have since been discharged, none have died, and those remaining are all doing well, so the column "convalescent " may be conjoined with the column cured."