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Appendix E.
EXPERIMENTAL BLOCK.
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Report showing NeMBER OF Rat-Holes in PREMISES OF SHerng Fung Land.
House No. Floor.
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Remarks.
No. 1 Top Floor,
One hole leading to Kitchen. One One Three holes
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No. 3 Ground Floor. Kitchen.
No. 9 Ground Floor.
One in Kitchen penetrating two feet three inches into
the earth.
No. 1 Ground No. 3 Top No. 5 Ground
No. 5
No. 7
One hole
No. 9
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No. 15 No. 18 No. 6
Top Ground
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No. 2
Top
One hole leading to No. 13 Top Floor. Que
Kitchen.
One hole leading from Kitchen to No. X Ground Floor
Kitchen.
One hole leading from Kitchen to No. 4 Top Floor Kitchen.
Hosarong, 26th May, 1903.
J. H. SYDNEY, Temporary Inspector of "Obsercution Block,
Appendix C.
HISTORY OF EACH CASE.
CHAN Koo, 30, M., rattan worker, No. 16 Sheing Fang Lane, 1st floor, re- ported dead on the 24th April. 12 persons occupied this floor. This house had not previously been washed out by us. No further cases were reported from this house. After washing our the house the occupants were allowed to remain.
Yues Foxo, 23, F., married woman, No. 8 On Wai Lane, 1st floor, reported sick on the 26th of April. She had been sick since the 24th of April. This case was declared plague. She was attended to by an outside Chinese Doctor under whose care she eventually recovered. The other occupants were removed to No. 88 Second Street, after washing their effects in the tanks. No further cases were reported from this house. This floor was occupied by 15 persons, She was nursed by her mother and another Chinese woman. This house had not previously been washed out by us.
WONG Tax, 52, M., coolie, No. 44 Second Street, 1st floor, reported sick the 30th April, had been sick since the 24th of April, and died the 1st of May. The other occupants were removed to No. 76 Second Street. After his death, the other occupants removed back after washing but the floor and going through the usual process. He was attended to by the Chinese Doctor from the Tung Wah Hospital and nursed by a clansman. This man was also a victim to consumption. 14 per- sous occupied this floor. This house had not been previously washed ont by us,
LAI CHUN, 24, M., hawker, No. 21 Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor, reported sick on the 1st of May. This man had a bubo in the groin and a scar on the foot. He stated that he fell a few days previous causing the scar on the foot. This case was declared not plague.
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CHING KING, age 5, F., child, No. 6 Tak Sing Lane, 1st floor, reported sick on the 3rd of May. She had been sick since the 1st of May, and died on the 4th of May. It was declared plague. The people were removed to No. 76 Second Street and went back the following day. No further cases were reported from this floor. A case was reported from the floor above on the 13th of June, a man named Soo Ki This case had no connection with the above as Soo Ki came to this house on the 5th of June from No. 10 Torein Streer. 21 persous occupied this floor. No further cases were reported from this house.
Kwok YUNG, age 58, M., coolie, No. 8 Sheung Fung Lane, 1st floor, reported dead on the 6th May, had been sick since the 1st May. 4 occupants resided on this floor. Disinfected clothing, etc., and allowed the occupants to remove to No. 48 Centre Street at their own request. No further cases reported from this house. This was declared plague:
He was
CHA CHUN, 28, M., coolie, No. 8 Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor. reported sick on the 7th of May, and died the following day. The occupants remov- ed into the street and after washing out the house reinoved back. 9 persons occu- pied this floor. Plague.
Li Nga, 13, F., girl, No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane, 1st floor, reported dead the 11th May, said to have been sick since the 10th May. The occupants, numbering 12, were removed to No. 76 Second Street. Plague. This house had been cleaned out by us on the 10th instant.
CHAN PO, 64, M., head coolie, No. 80 Second Street, 1st floor, reported sick ou the 11th May, had been sick since the 4th May, and died on the 14th of May. The occupants, numbering 18 persons, were removed to No. 72 Second Street, 3rd Boor. No further cases were reported from them after removal. He was nursed by his wife and daughter and treated by the Chinese Doctor from the Tang Wah Hospital. Plague.
FOO LAI CHUN, wife to the above, was reported dead by the daughter on the 19th of May. She stated that when her father died, the mother took sick, but she thought she was grieving for her husband so did not think it serious, therefore failed to report it. After burying the other the daughter returned to the country. Plague.
LEUNG SIN, 33, married woman, No. 4 Sheung Fang Lane, ground floor, re- ported sick on the 12th of May and had been sick since the 11th May. She was declared to be suffering from plague. She was attended to by the Chinese Doctor from the Tung Wah Hospital and nursed by her husband and mucle. The other occupants were removed to No. 76 Second Street. This woman had been engaged by us to look after the bath-houses and tanks. She had a child suckling at the breast ; it was at once taken away and put out to wet nurse, It did not contract plague. This house had been washed out by us on the 10th of May, the woman assisting in washing out. Plague.
LAI KAN, 30, F., married woman, No. 17 Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor, reported sick on the 12th of May, had been sick since the 10th of May, and died the 14th of May, leaving a daughter, age about 12 years, destitute, the husband being in the country.
The girl was taken to the Po Leung Kuk were she was even- tually claimed by the father. The other occupants, numbering 15 persons, had cleared out and the Kai-fong were unable to trace them. Plagne.
Cпu Kum, 52, M., hawker, No. 76 Second Street, ground floor, reported sick on the 14th of May, took sick the 13th of May, and died on the 15th of May. This man came from the ground floor of No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane on the 12th May and assisted in the washing out of this floor. He was nursed by a woman named WONG SAM, who also came from No. 4 Sheung Fung Lane. She reported sick on the 16th. See "Wong Sam." Plague.
UN KUM SZE, 23, F., married woman. No. 3 Sheung Fung Lane, 1st floor, reported sick on the 4th of May, and died on the 8th of May. She was not tooved to the hospital as she was too ill. This woman also had a child suckling from the breast. It was taken away and put to nurse on the bottle. The child did not develop plague. The 9 occupants were removed to the Observation Block in Kui Yau Lane. None of them developed plague. Plague.
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