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With the exception of the re-enactment of the suggestion made under Ordinance No.31 of 1888 that all Chinese should carry a lantern, a suggestion of which the Colonial Secretary and the Captain Superintendent of Police disapproved, I approved at once of all these proposals, and, in addition to the Police, the requisite number of men was lent by the Military Authorities, isolated Matshed accommodation being prepared for them at the expense of this government, and extra pay given to them as during the Epidemic of 1894.
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Further suggestions were made by the Sanitary Board for the improvement of the Sanitary Staff, and were adopted. Unfortunately, the health of Mr. Dandy, the Chief Sanitary Inspector, broke down, and on his departure, I have recommended the appointment of an Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
From the middle of February, the cases began to increase. In the week ending 25th February, there were five cases reported, which increased to fourteen in the second week of March, and to twenty-four in the third week of April, the next week's returns showing sixty-five cases. The first week in May, ninety-three cases were reported, and