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The Police Admissions to Hospital for Malaria are shown in the following Table :—
Year. From City. From rest of the Colony. Total. Average Strength of Police Force. Percentage of Strength. 1902, 121 55 176 919 19 1903, 83 84 167 921 18 1904, 40 67 107 993 11 1905, 42 85 127 1,018 12 1906, 37 37 74 1,047 7 1907, 40 65 105 1,049 10 1908, 32 76 108 1,018 10 1909, 37 50 87 1,050 8 1910, 66 69 135 1,039 13 1911, 30 83* 113 1,031 11 Average 13.3* 58 of these cases were from the New Territories.
The following Table shows the total deaths in the Colony from Malaria during each of the past ten years :-
Year. Deaths in the City (Chinese only). Total Deaths. 1902, 189 425 1903, 152 300 1904, 90 301 1905, 87 287 1906, 134 418 1907, 138 579 1908, 133 499 1909, 123 422 1910, 282 591 1911, 176 338 Average 486. Average 352.Hygiene is taught systematically in all the schools in the Colony. Lectures have been written for this purpose by the Medical Officer of Health for the information and guidance of school teachers and special attention is paid in the lecture on Malaria to the mode of conveyance of the infection by the mosquito, the manner in which the mosquito breeds, and the measures to be adopted for its extermination. Eleven convictions were obtained for ...
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