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water into small stagnant pools as is now the case) (c) The regular treatment of existing pools with kerosene or other substance for the destruction of mosquito larvae. 9. I trust you will duly lay this letter before (By special arrangement with Der the menibers of the Sanitaty 13 ard and phtain their recommendations to Government for the Ostasiatische Lloyd.)
prompt carrying out of some effective remedial scheme, which in the opinion of the Baird might seem advisable for securing complete immunity from malaria for the district round and about Morrison Hill Gap
The Vonezuela Protocol. BERLIN, 17th February, 1.35 p.m. The Venezuelan Protocol has been received with satisfaction everywhere,
Several letters were read from the tenants, complaining of the a vount of sickness now pre as strengthening the relations e-requesting that action be taken to remedy the vailing among the inmates of the houses, and tween the Governments of America evil, accompanied the communication. and Germany.
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Frederick the Great. The unveiling of the statue of Frederick the Great will take place at Washington either in the autumn or next spring.
England and Persia. England has closed its commercial trenty with Persia on the basis of the terms of the Russian treaty.
Macedonia,
""In 'Macedonia the Russian threats have quietoned Bulgaria. Russia has promissed the ultan a free hund and its help to suppress any rising, if the proposed reforms are carried out without delay.
(Brutores
The Capture of Kano
LONDON, February 17th. After a fruitless bombardment of the main gate at Kano, the British stormed a smaller gate a mile distant. The storming party was headed by Capt. Dyer of the Guards, who was twice wounded. The enemy numbered 5,806. There was no street lighting. Col. Lagard is now at Zaria and will probably proceed to Kano to install the new King The population of the country is tranquil and have accepted the situation
LATER.
Gold in the Nile Valley. Experts allege the existence of extensive gold reefs of remarkable richness in the Nilg Valley. The shares of a Company formed to operate there which were recently £3 5/-arc now quoted at £10.
The Philippines Currency Bill. The Washington Senate has passed the Philippines Currency Bill with an amend ment submitted by Mr. Paterson authorising President Rooseveldt to invite the gold and silver standard countries to confer with the
United States with the object of establishing a relationship between the gold and silver
countries,
Re-Assembling of Parliament. Parliament has re-assembled. The King and Queen were present in the State proces- sion from Buckingham Palace to Westminis- ter. The weather was bright and cool.
The King's speech said that the progress of events in South Africa was satisfactory and that Mr. Chamberlain's visit had already been productive of the happiest results. Re- plying to Sir Campbell Bannerman in the debate on the address, Mr. Balfour said that no dissent had been expressed with the Bri- tish interpretation of the Sugar Convention.
The Kano Expedition.
A Blue Book relating to the Kano expedí- Lion shows that the Government first learned from Reuter's Agency that an expedition was organising. The Government then cabled asking Col. Lugard whether the news was truc. Subsequently Lord Onslow wrote, re- gretting.that the Government had not been kept better informed but approving of Col. Lugard's action..
ÞEVER AT MORRISON HILL GAP
A communication frons Mr. Ho Tung to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, regarding the prevalence of malarial fever at Morrison Hill was considered by the members of the Board at teir meeting this afternoon. Mr. Ho Tung, wrting under dye, 28th ultimo, said:-"As owner of Inland Lot No. 1578 situated at Mor- rison Hill Gap whereon built a black of 15 European dwelling houses Nos. 2 to 16, I have ⚫ been addressed-by a timber of tenants who complain of the unhealthiness of the locality on account of the prevalence of fever of a malignant type owing to the presence in that neighbourhood of breeding places wherein the anophele mosquitoes abound.
1. Io close copies of my tenants' letters. 31 have caused inquiries and investigations to be made ou the subject of my tenants' com- plaints and have found that they have good ground to find fault with the unhealthiness of the locality,
4. In a report which Dr. Harston kindly drew up at my request, he stares that he attended seven cases of malaria in the houses referred to. The form was of the malignant type Fortunately, the mortality might be considered as nearly nift
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Dr. Clark wrote to the Secretary on the 6th instant, saying:-The houses in Gap Rend have a bad reputation for malaria. I have visited the neighbourhond and advise the Foard to recommend the Government to sur brushwood on the south side of the nullah face the bed of the nullah, and to cut down the (below the Mahomedan Cemetery) and to fill up the small swamp at the back of the Sikh temple."
Mr. Fung Wa Chin minutedIt is very important that all places where malaria exists should be property attended to.
the Ford should recommend to Government
Mr. Laú Chu Pak minuted :—I submit that
that every locality where malaria is prevalent sould be attended to at once.
The Principal Civit Medical Officer:-Being at the next meeting, It was decided to draw the Government's
attention to the muller. Al to two streams running past residences in Richmond Rd.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1903.
At the meeting of the Sanitary Board this afternoon the report of the Merlical Officer of Health for 1902 was laid on the tale. The following are ex racts thereform :--
AREA.
The portion of the Colany within the juris- dation of the Saniatry Board comprises (1) the island of Hongkong which has an area of 29 square miles and on which are situated the City of Victoria, the larger villages of Shau- kiwan, Quarry Bay, Aberd er and Stanley, and Seral smaller enes; and (3) that portion of territory on the mainland between the share
and the first range of the Kowloon Hills extending from Lycemoon Fass on the east to Lrchitok on the west, with a sea-frontage of about ten miles. The City of Victoria is built on the northen share of the island with a front. age in the sea of about five miles, while the Harbour, which separates it from Kowloon on the mainland, is rather less than a mile and a thial wide at its narrowest pet and somewhat over three miles at its widest part.
toria number 9.234 (exclusive rf larracks and The domestic buildings of the City of Vic
Police Station) of which 920 are non-Chinese dwellings, while there are also some $30 European dwellings.in the Hill District
This shows
increase of 48 nou-Chinese dwellings as compared with the previous year, and an increase of 140 Chinee dwellings. The plans of 603 new buildings and of alterations lo 1,833 existing buildings have passed through seeing that they complied with the Public my hands during the year, with a view to Health Ordinances of the Colony; these figures however include, as 'n frmer years, many alternative plans, and athendments to rejected plans. During the previous year plans of 1,369 new buildings and of alterations to 1, 97 exist. ing buildings were received, so that the recards of the past year show a considerable decrease in the number of new buildings planned, and a fairly large increase in the number of altera- tious to existing buildings. The number of new houses completed during the year has been 898 as compared with 796 during the preceding year; many of these are of course houses which have been rebuilt.
GENERAL SANITARY CONI ITION.
The Colony was visited in the early part of the year by two eminent Sanitarians-Professor Simpson, M.), FRC P., and Mr. Osbert Chal- wick, M. INST. CE, C.M.G., who had been specially deputed by the ecretary of State to report on its general sanitary condition. Several most interesting reports were submitted by them, which fully bore out the statements which
The Civil population is essentially a male The total number of deaths among the. adult one as no less than 729 per cent, of the Chinese community was 6,431 which is equal Chin-se population and 62.5 per cent. of the to a death-rate of 21.93 per 1,000 as compared non-Chinese Civil population are males, while with 23.77 per 1,000 during the previous year. more than half the Civil population (50.7 per It is important to note that the death-rate aniong cent. of the Chinese and 564 per cent, of the Chinese women is considerably higher than non-Chinese) are between the ages of 20 and among Chinese men ; the total deaths of Chi- 45, The proportion of the population in Great nese women amounted to 2,119 which gives i Britain between these ages is only 33.8 per death-rate of 16.66 per 1,000, while the deaths cent. The proportion of males at the Census among Chinese men totalled 4,291 equal to a taken in 1897 was, among the Chinese 70.9 perjale of 20.6 per 1,0.0; in twenty-one of the cent, and among the non-Chinese 58.6 per deaths the sex was not recorded. The most cent, and the reduction in the proportion of probable explanation of this great discrepancy women both among Chinese and non-Chinese in the death-rates, for the sexes is that the men is, I cone der, the direct result of the greatly are more readily able to leave the Colony when increasing difficulty in obtaining suitable enhanced cost of living of late years, and the when sick, and it may be assumed therefore accommodation for families,
The City of Victoria is divided into ten Health Districts with an Inspector of Nuisances in charge of each District; there are also five Senior Inspectors for the Lity, each of whom has the general supervision of two Districts, while there are also special Inspectors for the work of disinfect on, for prosecutions, for the control of the Chinese cemeteries, for drainage work and other matters. Kowloon is similarly divided into two Health Districts, with an Inspector of Nuisances in charge of each, but ha already become so important a suburb- the population having doubled in the last five there for at least three Inspectors, and the years--that I think there is now ample scope District should be sub-divided accordingly.
In addition to the foregoing it is proposed to appoint five Plague Inspectors in the Len Heath Distric's of the City, that is one for each two Districts, and a Plague-inspector in Kowloon, whose special duties have been
defined in another document.
I have in previous reports called attention to the acute surface crowding which exists in the more central districts of the City. District No. 5 shows more than Soo persons to the acre, while Districts 6, 9, 4. 7 and 8 are also far too densely packed with human beings, and it is essential to the welfare of this Colony that a remedy should be speedily found and put into operation for this insanitary condition. So far as I have been able to ascertain, there is no other City in the world which has 132 persons population of the City of Victoria as a whole, to the acre and yet this the density of
that is to say, including all recutiving vacant tands, and the villages, Race Course and Cemeteries in No. 1 Health District, the Public Cardens and all the vacant Military land in Nos. 2 and 3 Health Districts, and all the unoccupied lill-side below the upper limit of The City Health Districts (if about 450 feet above high water mark). Glasgow, which is the most densely crowded of the large cities of the United Kingdom, has but 6 persons to
the acre
It will also be seen from the first table that Health Districts 2 and 9, in which districts the outbreaks of Bubonic Pague almost invar.ably
amely, 8.8 and go as compared with an commence and are the most severe, show the greatest number of occupants per floor.
excessive, although well within the limit of wverage for the City of 7.4; this, in itself, is thirty square feet of floor space per head, which is all that is, at present, require! in any dwelling in the Colony, except within the European District Reservation area, where
cach person must be allowed one thousand larger floor area. cubic feet of air space-thus necessitating a
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that were it not for this circumstance the general death rate among the Chinese would be considerably higher.
The deaths registered among the non-Chinese numbered 352 of which 291 were from the Civil population, 43 from the Army, and 18 from the Navy; this is equal to a death rate of 19.0 per
1,000.
The nationalities of the deaths were as fol- lows-British 113, Indian and Malay 93, Portuguese 81, Japanese 43, German 10, French 6, Russian 2, Jew 2, Spanish, Swede, and Greek one each.
AGE DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 1,199, or 17.6 per cent, of the total deaths, a rate which is far too high evan for a tropical climate. The infant death-rare among the non-Chinese community during the year has been 196.6 per 1,000, as compared with 29.2 per 1,003 in the previous year, but among the Chinese population" the death of infants under one year of age exceed the total number of Chinese births, ie, 966, and even when all deaths under ose month are assumed to have been unregistered the infant death-rate works oul at 795 per 1,000; this means'either that the Chinese infant death-rate is enormous or that a considerable number of births remain un- registered or perhaps that a number of infants are brought into the Colony from the main- land and die here. In either case the con dition is a most unsatisfactory one and calls for some remedial measure. The great bulk of these deaths of Chinese infants are attribut investigation is needed into the question of the cd to diseases of a convulsive type, but further
causation of this high death-rate among Chinese infants
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Among the accidental deaths of Chinese-will be fund 33 as the result of the collapse of buildings matter to which I drew attention in my reports for 1900, during which year THE Undersigned have received instructions twenty deaths were so caused, and for io, when 47 deaths.were so caused. There can be very little doubt that this is a preventible cause of death, and the obvious remedy is a very much greater amount of supervision over the actual work boll of building construction and of the repair of buildings, combined with a greater degree of legat responsibility imposed upon those who design and carry out such alterations or additions,
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The total number of cases of infectious
disease reported by registered medical practi tioners during the year was 1,171 of which no less than 572 were Bubonic Fever (Plague), and 4to were Cholera. 1 attach a tabular statement of the incidence of Bubonic Plague throughout the year (Appendix A) but have not compiled a separate report on the outbreak statement of the number of persons per acre in
The following table gives a comparative for 1902, as a report on this subject is anticipat
ed from Professor Simpson as the result of his (when a provisional Census was taken) and in cash of the Health Districts of the City in 1897 investigations on this subject. The whole of or (when the decernial Census was taken) of the epidemic, considerably over two bundred
the Plague staff, including, during the heigh and shows that during the four years the Chinese di sinfecting coulies, rat-catchers, etc., number of persons per acre increased from 117.4 was inoculated with Haffkine's anti-plague Districts of the City are daily becoming even 10-1.29-3, while almost all the central-Health--serum- with the-tesuit-that-not-a-single-cate
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CITY OF VICTORIA. No. of Perions per Acre. Health Districts,
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...15.3 95.6 37.1 447.6 761.1 1901 ..
...............25.3–104.1 593 4484 7704
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The births registered during the year were as follows:-
Males. Females. Total. Chinese 633 333 Non-Chinese... 123 111
234
736
444 1,2:0 This is equal to a general birth-rate of 3.8 per 1,000 as compared with 3.6 in 1901, 3.3 in 1900, and 4.3 in 1899.
The nationalities of the non-Chinese parents were as follows:-British 98, Portuguese 70, Japanese 2, and Spanish and Norwegian one Indian.7, German 16, Malay 16, French 3. each.
have been reiterated in these annual reports as to thenrgent need of better lighting and ventilation for the Chinese dwellings, and as to the serious extent of the surface-crowding in the City o Victoria. As a result of these reports a Fublic Health and Buildings Bill is still before the Legislative Council which will, it is hoped,munity alone was 12 per 1,000 as compared The birth rate among the ann-Chinese com- lead, when enacted, to a steady and continuous
with 119 per 1000 in 1901. of the Colony, by its provisions for the better improvement in the general sanitary condition
construction of buildings to behereafter erected. This improvement in the east.uction of new buildings must, however, go band in hand with schemes for the resumption of blocks of in- sanitary property and for the removal of ob; structive buildings, especially in the City of Victoria, where the surface crowding varies in the several Health Districts from 64 to 832 pers ns per acre. Such an undertaking, in other cities, has almost always been carried out by a Trust, instituted for the purpos", and as the lime appears, now to be rise for some elaborate scheme of resumption of insanitary pr perty, I have appended to this repart a reprint of a draft scheme drawn up by Mr. May Mr. Osborne and myself, some three years ago, which may at least serve as a basis for discus sinn when this question is gain considered, and lead, I hope, to some declive action at ro distant date.
The provision of public sanitary conveniences, such as latrines, urinals and bath-honses, does not keep pace with the rapid growth of the population (by immigration), and many more of these are yet required to fulfil the needs of the leewing Chinese population of the Colony.
POPULATION.
The population of the Colony at the Census 3. In his opinion the main contributing factor aken in January, 1897, was 248,880, while at in rendering the housts unhealthy is the pre- the Census taken in January, 190, it was sence at the rear of the Sikh temple of a marsh (exclusive of the New Ternlories) 783.975. and a nullah situated to the south of the build-This represents an increase el 35,095 within a ing. The close proximity of such breeding period of four years and affords a proof of the places naturally led to the presence of mosqui- rapid progress of the Colony, toes in considemble numbers:
& Dr. Harston in his investigation was in- formed that the servants suffered severely from fever before the Europeans were attacked. It must be noted that the servants' quarters abut directly on to the nullah.
nese and is to be found manly in Kowloon, The increase is, of course, very largely Chi-
where the population increased during the four years from 26.443 to 42,976, and, in the City of Victoria, where it increased from 160,473 to 173,056.
The increase in the non-Chinese Civil popu
The following is the estimated population to the middle of 1902 Non Chinese Civil Population.......... 9,816
7. I feel sure that I need only invite the Board's attention to Dr. Hatson's remarks Ilation during the same period amounted to 951. have just quoted in order to ensure the need for complete investigation on the part of Gov erament being carried out so as to secure the prompt application of measures for ridding the locality of a danger threatening public health
8. The measures best calculited to remove the cause of malaria are, I am advised, ns follows
(a.) The filling in of the nullah at the rear (8) The proper training of the nullahs to
of the Sikh temple.
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occurred among the staff, whereas in the previous year out of thirty rat-catchers seven are known to have died of flague while five others left the Colony sick-two of whom died at their homes in China. The results therefore of the Haffkine inoculation coupled with strict discipline in regard to cleanliness and the wearing of leather boots whes on duty, were eminently satisfactory as regards the Plague
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THE public will be pleased to learn that Dr. l'entecost has consented to deliver another public lecture on Monday next at 8.30 p.mat the City Hall, his subject being "The Reason- ableness of Christianity, Also that another general meeting, in addition to those already advertised, and intended as his final one here, will be held on: Tuesday evening next at 8.30.
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The preponderance of male births over Chinese community, being in the proportion of The proportion among the non-Chinese com 190 male births to every too female births. munity was to too as compared with 107 to 100 in the previous year.
The number of the hinese baths registered does net give an ac urate record of the total number of births of Chinese that have occurred in the Colony, for many of the infants that dre during the first month or so of ble remain un- registered, although their deaths must be registeret to obtain the necessary burial orders. It has been customary, therefore, to add to the registered births the number of infants of one monthold and under that die in the various Con- nis, or are found by the Police in the streets r in the Harbour. The number during 1902 was 239 males and 364 female making a total registered Chinese births gives a total of 1,569 of 603, and the addition of these figures to the as compared with 1.410 during the previous year. The corrected birth-rate is, "therefore, 6.1 per 1,000, while among the Chinese alone the rate becomes 5.3 per 1,000.
The total hinese births as calculated in the above man- ner show a proportion of only 125 male births bodies of infants found in the streets or left at to every 100 female births, while the dead at the doors of the Convents show 66 males to the Chinese have very little regard for the value every 100 ferales, the explanation being that of the lives of female children.
DEATHS,
The total number of deaths registered during the year was 6,783, as compared with 7,08 during the previous year. The death-rate for 902 was, therefore, 21.7 per 1,000 as compared with 235 in 1950, and an average of 23.0 per Loco during the past five years. These deaths inclado 582 from Bubonic Plague.
It is satisfactory to find that, in spite of the persistence of ubonic Plagur, the death-rate shows a considerable reduction during the past ten years »s compared with the previous decade, but there can be no question that this rate is still exceedingly high, having regard to the of young adults Much yet remains to be done fact that the population is so largely composed 4,204 in the matter of the improvement of the sanitary 4.504 surroundings of the inhabitants, and every reduction in the general death-rate, substantial step in that direction must result in
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