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Acting on your Excellency's instructions, we also took blood from as many persons as possible, and sent the slides to Dr. HUNTER for examination.
We were successful in getting about 150 slides in all at different times from men, women, and children; a number of these also contained Plague baceillus. A number of bugs were also sent from numbers 71 and 109 Second Street where cases of Plague had occurred. Baccillus was also found in them.
The number of people of both sexes who used the bath-houses from the 15th of May up to the 12th of July, were altogether 34,350, as follows :——
Woi On Lane,
92 Second Street, On Wai Lane,
.Males, 6,385 14,485 .Females, 6,385
The bath-house in Sheung Fung Lane was not used owing to the prevalence of Plague there, otherwise the number of women would have been even greator.
The total number of cases to date is 43, which is made up as follows :-
30 cases cortified as Plague died or were reported dead.
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15
recovered.
still under Doctor's treatment.
ă cases not. Plague recovered.
2
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1
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Total, 43
died.
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removed to Tuug Wah Hospital.
A number of these cases were imported into the block under the following circumstances:-
CHAN PUI, 16, M., cook, 99 Third Street, who was reported sick on the 17th June and died the same day, came to No. 99 Third Street to visit one of his clans- men while there, he took sick and died. He came from the “Kung Tai" Club, No. 120 Hollywood Road. He had been employed there as cook.
:
So Ki, 57, M., rattan-worker, No. 6 Tak Sing Lane, 2nd floor, was reported sick on the 18th of June and died on the 14th of June. He complained of feeling ill on the 5th of June while residing at No. 10 Torein Street and left the same day and went to No. 6 Tak Sing Lane.
Coax Fuso, 17, M., coolie, No. 67 Third Street, who was reported sick on the 26th of May, came from the Aberdeen Brick Works to the above address sick on the 23rd of May.
There were 5 casus of Plague reported from one house under the following circumstances :---
On the 11th May, a girl named Li Nga was reported dead from the 1st floor of No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane. The occupants were removed to No. 76 Second Street after disinfecting their clothing and furniture.
The following day, 12th May, a woman named LEUNG SIN was reported sick from the ground floor.
The occupants of this floor were also removed to No. 76 Second Street, except the husband and uncle of the patient.
On the 19th May, the uncle, CHUN KUM, who remained to look after the woman
in No. 4 Sheung Fing Lane reported sick.
He was removed to the Hospital in Third Street where he eventually recovered.
On the 14th May, a man named Chu Kɛм reported sick from No. 76 Second Street. This nuan originally came from No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor. He was attended to by a woman named WONG SAM, who also came from No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane. The other occupants were then removed to No. 74 Second Street. He died on the 15 of May.
The following morning, the 16th May, the woman WoNG SAM also reported sick. She was removed to the Hospital in Third Street where she died on the 20th of May.
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In a second case there were two cases reported from the same house on dif- ferent dates as follows :-
On the 11th of May, a man named Ctax Po was reported sick from the first floor of No. 80 Second Streer. He died on the 14th of May. During his illness he was nursed by his wife and daughter. On the 19th of May, the daughter re- ported that the mother had also died.
Two cases were also reported from No. 109 Second Street, first floor, on the 7th July, namely :-
LAI CHU, age 3. schoolboy, and LAI TAK, age 11 years, schoolboy. They were both removed to the temporary Hospital.
The
younger boy Lat Cnt during the afternoon was removed to the Kennely Town Hospital at the request of the parents.
He died the following morning about 6,34) a.m.
The elder boy died about 2.30 p.m. the satne day as he was admittel. The above two were brothers.
Except in the above there have been no cases reported where there has been any connection between them.
I enquired from most of the people as to what meat and vegetables they had with their meals, but could find nothing out of the common except that they all hought whatever they had at the Western Market.
The undermentioned are the maines of the Kai-jong and their ocempations :-
CHAN KI,
CHAR CHEUNG,
MAK SIE,
MAK ...
МАК СНАК,
LAU Curu.
Lie Yi, WONG WAL
TAY CHƯNG
MANG LING.
CHENG TAI,
KWOK NAM,
Frxa Kus,
UN SHAI KI TSAN SANG, CHEONG CHI CHAN CHUN,...
WAN PUN,
HANG YIT,
..Druggist, ..Fish-monger,
„Caulker.
Salt fish dealer.
.Lime washer,
Fruit hawker. ..Retired contractor. „Salt fish-monger. Timber merchant. ..Fruit hawker.
Grocer. Rent collector. .Fish-monger.
„Stonecutter.
Stonecutter.
..Carpenter.
Grocer.
Grocer.
Fruit hawker.
The quantity of disinfectants, etc., used during the experiment consists of :-
55 gallons of carbolic acid.
A barrel of Jeyes" fluid.
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છે.
Sir,
bars of household soap.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient. Servant,
T. H. GADLEY,
Detective_Inspector.
To
His Excellency Sir HENRY A. Blake. 6.c.m.6.
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