Address.
Plague rat on
307, Des Voeux Road
West.
May 10th
101, First Street.
416
HEALTH DISTRICTS IX AND X.
Human case on
Case at 305 on May 2nd.
309 on May 22nd.
June 6th
341, Queen's Road West.
May 31st
115, Second Street.
July 3rd
17, Sung Hing Lane.
July 26th
Case at 99 on July 11th. Case at 343 on June 6th. Case at 115, on same day. Case at 117 on July 19th. Case at 17 on same day.
Distribution of Plague in the City of Victoria.
The following Table shews the number of cases of plague which occurred in 1904 in the ten Health Districts of the City up to end of July, and the Chinese population of each district with the estimated number of persons per floor for each district. It also shews the plague case incidence per cent. of the population.
Health District. Plague Cases.
Population.
Persous per floor.
Cases per cent.
I
11
12.810
5.7
-086
II
22
24,700
9.1
088
III
14
6,490
Chief European
21
quarter.
IV
12
25,200
7.6
·055
V
9
23,650
7.1
*038
VI
13
20,200
6.9
·064
VII
12
14.600
4.8
·082
VIII
31
20,100
6.4
·15
IX
139
24,900
8.9
*55
X
47
14,050
7.6
.33
The total cases in the City during this period numbered 310 of which 186 or 60 per cent, were in Health Districts IX and X and 139 or nearly 45 per cent. in No. IX Health District alone.
Except in these two districts the epidemic has therefore been of a mild
nature.
This year again the influence of overcrowding is seen in that Health District IX with 8-9 persons per floor shews the highest number of cases per cent. of the population.
This district is not according to the estimates of population the most over- crowded, as No. II Health District has 91 persons per floor.
But seeing that the epidemic was everywhere worse in the western end of the City than in other places the high case incidence in No. IX Health District is noteworthy.
The portion of No. IX Health District between Eastern Street and Pokfulam Road, and Queen's Road West and High Street is probably more overcrowded than the rest of the district.
An estimate with regard to part of this area in 1903 shewed 127 persons floor.
In addition to being overcrowded this area contains a large number of old houses built of soft blue bricks. Many of the houses have baseinents and retain- ing walls at their fronts or rears.