ADDRESS.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF INSECTS.
RESULT OF EXAMINTION.
583 -
1
27th July, 1903.
Mosquito-Culex.
2
28th July, 1903.
Do.
30th July, 1903.
Do.
6
3
Kennedy Town Hospital. Caught inside net covering a patient - suffering from plague.
No plague bacilli found.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
1st July, 1903.
Flies Musca domestica.
30
Kennedy Town Hospital. Caught in wards full of plague patients. 75% of the flies examined showed the presence of
plague bacilli.
3rd July, 1093.
Do.
20
Do.
45 %
do.
8th August, 1903.
Pediculi.
20-30
Kennedy Town Hospital. Caught on patients suffering from plague.
No plague bacilli found.
7
10th September, 1903.
8th July, 1903.
Do.
10-20
Do.
Bugs-probably Cimex lectularis.
4
109 Third Street-House in which 2 cases of plague occurred.
Do.
Do.
10th July, 1903.
Do.
20-30
From different houses in Third Street where plague cases occurred.
10% infected with plague bacilli.
10
24th May, 1903.
11
25th May, 1903.
Fleas.
Bugs-Same species as before,
About 20
About 10
No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane, where several cases of plague occurred.
No plague bacilli found.
Do.
Do.
12
28th May, 1903.
Flies.
15-20
Du.
Do.
13
10th June, 1903.
Spider.
1
Do.
Do.
14
10th June, 1903.
Bugs-Second instalment.
10-15
Do.
Do.
15
21st June, 1903.
16
21st June, 1903.
Bugs.
Do.
15-20
109 Second Street 1st floor where 2 cases of plague occurred.
Do.
10-12
109 Second Street from ground floor.
17
9th July, 1903.
18
14th July, 1903.
Cockroaches.
Do.
About 10
Stull 88, Central Market.
Central Market.
Plague bacilli found in a considerable number.
Several found plague infected.
One found plague infected.
WILLIAM HUNTER.
No. DATE OF EXAMINATION.
NAME OF INSECT.
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