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65. The Plague Hospitals in the Eastern and Western Districts and at Kowloon City report that no cases of any kind were admitted, whether plague or ordinary cases.
The Dispensaries Committee are again indebted to the authorities of the Alice Memorial Hospital for assistance in the matter of the issue of medicines and drugs, and the regulation of the consumption.
66. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 960 as compared with 1,066 in 1917 and 1,051 in 1916. The monthly figures varied between 137 (in March) and 53 (in September). The percentage of these "dumpings" to the whole number of Chinese deaths was 7.14% (Table XIX).
Of the 960 bodies abandoned, 43 were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
The number of bodies reported by the Police as dumped during the year was 917 (Table XX).
67. Table XVIII compiled from statistics in the Sanitary Department shows the number of death certificates issued in proportion to the total number of Chinese deaths, and the number of cases in which post-mortem examinations were held.
68. The percentage of cases in which the cause of death was certified was 49.3. In 1917 it was 39.9 and in 1916, 42.1.
CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY. (Table XXI.)
69. The accounts show a substantial balance, which increased during 1918 from $7,394 to $14,497.
The interest of the Chinese permanent residents of the Colony in this Institution continues unabated. It has been necessary to open more terraces for the sale of sites: and considerable sums of money have been privately spent on the design of graves.
70. TRANSLATION WORK DONE IN THE SECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS DURING THE YEAR 1918.
Translation from Chinese into English. Translation from English into Chinese. Petitions, 121 Ordinances 1 Letters, 98 Regulations 32 Newspaper articles and items of news, 103 Government notices 37 Minutes 2 Unspecified... 40 Unspecified, 183 Total, 439 Total, 178 Grand Total, 617