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2tt. The statistics suggested Chaldecott might, I imagine, be procured, and the point is one worth consideration, but it must not be inferred from Dr Chaldecott's words that
no
Register of Deaths is preserved. 25. There might be some difficulty in ascertaining particular disease, but record is made
of
all deaths occurring amongst the European Community.
26. Dr Chaldecott mentions two diseases, as of novel appearance in the Colony, & as knowledge of Hongkong for nearly 15
years enables me to confirm
his statement that Cholera and hydrophobia were never known here before.
27. Of the latter malady the
Acting Colonial Surgeon says little beyond registering the fact of its appearance, and I presume he is right
in
attributing cholera to the filthy
state of the native parts of the
town:
28. This is a
point which
has long engaged the attention of the Government, and though our efforts have been sometimes unworthily opposed and sometimes frustrated
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