No
392
or
for the Encampment was extremely
cligible in Every respect, being elevated ground open to the breeze, sufficiently removed from the excavations & be out of the reach
and
in
of malarions influence. The lickness diminished considerabl almost immediatel upon then change, although fever still prevailed t- an extent difficult to account for, considering the apparent
salubrity of the spot. Un caser however were of a mild type, the patient generally being seldom more than from 6 to 10
days in hospital: tie mortality
during the Case quarter has been
in considerable, & deallin only, little over one per cent of thes total abrengths of the Confer.
J
or
an inclined to coincide
in this opinion expressed by the
Medical Board, as litter cause of the unhealthiness of Kowloon, and I fear that until good Barracks are built, trees plantia, this place thoroughly drained, and wholesome water obtained,
sickness to a certain extent
with continue to prevail amory