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first sight. The demand for housing accommodation during the past two years has been abnormal, and no less than 335 new dwellings were completed during 1913.
Special classes are held in all the Schools of the Colony for instruction in Hygiene which includes a des- cription of the part played by mosquitoes in the spread of malaria, and mosquito larvae in jars covered with mos- quito netting are supplied to all the schools, on applica- tion, for demonstration purposes.
A considerable quantity of literature on this sub-
ject
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both in English and Chinese
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is also distributed
yearly to the community.
February 24th, 1914.
Francis Clark
M.D., M.R.C.P., D.P.H.
Medical Officer of Health.
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