L'Asile de la Ste. Enfance.
337
RETURN OF DEATHS,—Continued,
Mortuary.
(Continued.)
Causes.
No.
Causes.
No.
Mortuary.
(Continued.)
Brought forward, 784
Phthisis,...
81
Causes.
No.
Enteritis,
1
Pneumonia,
21
Brought forward, 318
Convulsions,
2
Apoplexy,
3
Puerperal Fever,
1
Cholera,
Beri-beri,
51
Undiagnosed,
Pleurisy and Pneumonia,
Malarial Fever,
19
Hæmorrhage,
Undiagnosed,
Diarrhoea.
19
Scalds,
Heart Disease,
16
Syphilis,
Total, 790
Plague,
61
Convulsions,
6
Asthma,
Dysentery,
Small-pox,
Tubercular Meningitis,
Bronchitis,
32
Marasmus and Atrophy,
Septicæmia,
Tetanus,
1
Post Partum Hæmorrbage,
Anæmia,
Debility,
3
Premature Birth,
Fracture of Skull,
2
Debility,
1
Tuberculosis,
4
Total,......... 348
Carried forward, 318
A. W. BREWN,
Registrar General.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 12th February, 1904.
1903.
Report of the Sanitary Surveyor, for the year 1903,
SANITARY BOARD OFFICE, HONGKONG, 25th January, 1904.
SIR, I have the honour to forward herewith my Annual Report for the year
NEW HOUSE DRAINS.
1. Plans have been deposited and passed by me during the year for the drainage of 263 houses. The plans of 713 houses were carried forward from 1902 making a total of 976 in hand during the year.
2. The drainage of 415 houses has been completed and the plans for 350 have been cancelled leaving 211 to carry forward to 1904.
RE-DRAINAGE AND ADDITIONS.
3. In addition to the above, plans for re-drainage of or additions to the drainage of 94 houses were carried forward from 1902 and new plans have been received for 260 houses making a total of 354 for the year. Of these, 245 have been completed and 51 cancelled, leaving 58 to be carried forward to 1904.
4. A Summary of the above is appended in Tables A. B. & C.
INSPECTION OF PRIVATE HOUSE DRAINS.
5. The drains of 106 houses have been tested and reported on, of complaints having been received regarding them.
in
consequence
Of this number, 56 required reconstructing, 28 amending, and the remainder
were found to be in order.
Notices were served on the owners of the above 84 houses calling upon them to execute the necessary work.
Of these, 80 have been complied with and the remaining 4 are in hand. 31,790 houses have been visited by the Drainage Inspectors with the result that 1,878 Drainage Nuisances have been discovered.
Notices have been served in each case, on the owner or occupier, calling upon them to abate the nuisance. All of these have been complied with. 268 nuisances have been referred to the Medical Officer of Health and 343 to the Hon. Director of Public Works to be dealt with by them.