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Table III.

MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF PLAGUE-INFECTED RATS

DURING THE YEAR 1911.

Mus Rattus Mus Decumanus Mus Musculus Total Human Plague Cages of Rats CITY OF VICTORIA. January. 20 7 26 36 38 February. 3 10 62 51 March. 15 10 33 98 15 April. 2 9 23 89 5 16 May. 5 10 62 112 10 62 June. 33 60 60 33 20 July. 98 20 20 1 1 August. 89 1 1 1 3 3 September. 3 4 4 4 269 October. 4 269 November. December. Total 269 269

No Plague-infected rats were found in Kowloon during the year, and only four cases of human Plague occurred there.