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Annexe I.
NEW TERRITORIES.
REPORT BY DR. J. W. HARTLEY, Medical Officer.
Dr. B. C. Wong held the post of Chinese Medical Licentiate at Taipo from February to August 31st, when he left the service owing to ill-health.
During the rest of the year there has been no Chinese Medical Licentiate but a trained "dresser" was transferred from the Railway Dispensary at Kowloonchai to Taipo to attend to minor injuries and report other cases requiring the attention of the Medical Officer.
Whilst Dr. Wong was at Taipo routine visits were paid every fortnight, and other visits when required, to the various stations in the Territory and the Leper Asylum at Au Tau.
Epidemics-The only epidemic of note was an outbreak of measles of a severe type in the Fanling district in April. Several deaths occurred amongst children and medical aid was offered frequently but the Chinese with very few exceptions objected to anything in the nature of European treatment. The epidemic died out in the course of a few weeks.
Vaccinations.-303 vaccinations were performed during the year, as against 112 in 1909.
Leper Asylum.-There were 13 inmates until November when the place was closed and the buildings demolished.
A child was born in the asylum of leper parents early in the year. The child was very weak and sick and was later removed to the Tung Wa Hospital in Hongkong but died shortly afterwards.
Taipo Dispensary.--1,047 new cases and 152 old cases were treated at the dispensary during the year.
The following Table shows the principal causes :-
New Cases. Old Cases. Malaria, 350 12 Ulcers, &c.. 117 30 Dysentery, - 20 5 Beri-beri, 13 0 Diseases of the Eye, 65 6 Diseases of the Digestive System, 80 0 Measles, 7 0 Miscellaneous, 395 99 1,047 152