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Plague.
The
There were no cases of plague notified during 1926. date of the notification of the last case of this disease in the Colony was September 27th, 1923.
The Colony has therefore been assumably free from plague for well over three years.
The last notification of a plague infected rat was on Sptember 17th, 1923.
The following table shows the monthly incidence of plague for the last ten years.
Month.
January...
February,
1917. 1918. 1919, 1920, 1921, 1929. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926.
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4
3
2
1
1
23
2 2
March,
30
7+
2
April.
94
9
247
10
May.
171
28
28
454
47
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84
132
56
64 237
49
July,
103
26
20
24 77
28
August.
23
September.
6
3
29 8
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3
October,
2
7
November.
3
December,
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Cholera.
No case of locally acquired Cholera has been notified in the Colony since. September 1922.
Three cases were reported during 1926, all were imported. One case being Non-Chinese and two Chinese.
Small-pox.
The incidence of this disease was very slight during 1926. The total number of cases notified being 49 of which 31 only were local cases, 17 were imported and one being from the New Territories.
The Non-Chinese cases numbered 4 of which 2 were imported.
The following table shows the monthly incidence of Sinall- pox for the last 10 years.
MONTHLY PREVALENCE OF SMALL-POX 1917 To 1926.
Month
1917
1918
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
Total.
The
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464 138 150 1181, 148
cases of Plague recorded in the Colony since the discovery here of this disease in 1894 are given in the following table.
May
June
Year
Cases
Year
Cases
1894
*5,000
1910
25
1895
44
1911
269
1896
1,204
1912
1,857
1897
21
1913
408
1898
1,320
1914
2.146
1899
1,486
1915
144
1900
1,087
1916
39
1901
1,651
1917
38
1902
572
1918
266
1903
1,415
1919
464
1904
510
1920
138
1905
272
1921
150
1906
893
1922
1,181
• 1907
240
1923
148
1908 1909
1,073
1924
135
1925
1926
*This is an estimate and is probably much too low.
January
358
February
176
March
38
April
18
July
August
September. October....
November..
December
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1
11
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58
6
58
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1
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7
6
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255
6
3
38
137
6
62
47
14
61
14
91
40
19
29
165
397
5
0 407
1
Total
595
32
27 34 191
212. 1320
913
66
49
Cerebro Spinal Fever.
The incidence of this disease during 1926 continued to be slight. The cases notified numbered 14 of which 13 were local cases and 1 was imported.
The Chinese cases numbered 13 of which 1 was imported there being 1 Non-Chinese case.
The following table shows the monthly incidence of Cerebro Spinal Fever for each year since it was first notified in 1918.
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