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instant was 675, and the~ number of deaths 602, or a little more than 89 per cent, whereas in 1894 the mortality among the Chinese who were treated in hospitals
was 93
· per cent, and it must also be borne in mind that in
the latter calculation no
account is taken of dead ~ found in the streets
bodies
and sent at once
to the burial
ground, while the returns - for the current year include
all
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all deaths from the plague. There are, however, grounds
for
believing that children are more liable to in-
ofection than was the case in that year.
Twenty two
-persons other than Chinese have contracted the disease
during the current year.
Their nationalities were as
follows:0
67
Curopeans-6
Indians- 15 (including
Mrs Joseph and her family reported in my despatch No 87 of 8th Aprill, 1896).
1:87
Siamese. 1.
Amongst