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Enclosure in No
Im. Colonial Secretary,
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I have the honour to report that I yesterday cieved the special vascination campaign so far as the land population of Hongkong and Kewleon is concerned with the exception of immigrants from Casten by beat or train.
2. I contemplate continuing the facilities for these immigrants and also for the harbour population until the spidemic show clearer signs of abating. I am satisfied that we can do no more de regards residents: for whom the
Superintendent of Vascination should now
3. With
exception of Cheung Chan where 100 were
dise; Ha Long where 850 have been done; and Ben Tin where 200 were done by special request I have not touched the
New Territories,
The total number vascinated by my emergency staff and unpaid volunteers with free lymph since November 1st is 350,000; of which 220,000 were dene in Victoria; 75,000 in Lewison Peninsula and 45,000 'en rents' by train or steamer frün Canton,
Breluding the immigrants, these figures represent census population of Victoria, and 61% of that of Kowloon Peninsula; and, if the immigrants are included,
combined cemeus population.
In addition I have been notified of 11,000 done lymph at various hospitals and institutions;
by private practitioners during November alene; and by a private vaccinatér fer a fee, ▲ conservative estimate of vaecimtions done privately during December and
2,
might be 10,000.
This gives a grand total of 390,000 consus pegulation of Visteria and Kowloon. I imagine in fast some 75% of the actual population have been vaccinated.
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83% of the