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HEALTH:
28. Admissions to Hospital during the last three years were as follows:-
Nationality Establishment of the Force Admissions 1918 1919 1920 1918 1919 1920 Europeans 159 159 178 72 100 170 Indians 481 477 546 369 485 477 Chinese 588 592 626 254 281 322Return of Police treated in Government Civil Hospital for Fever or Dengue Fever during the year 1920
Nationality Old Territories New Territories Establishment of the Force Treated Establishment of the Force Treated Europeans 164 33 22 15 Indians 345 14 132 11 Chinese 573 40 53 1In addition to cases treated in Hospital for Fever or Dengue Fever the cases treated for Fever in the various stations in the New Territories without being removed to Hospital were :- Europeans-3, Indians 97, Chinese 12.
SPECIAL EVENTS.
29. At 11.30 p.m. on February 3rd a fire broke out at 26 Praya, Kennedy Town, in use as a godown. The fire spread and enveloped the whole block of eight four-storied houses. During the rush of the occupants of two houses to escape a staircase collapsed, causing a large number of heavy rice bags to fall. 34 persons were killed and many injured through this collapse.
At 3 a.m. on February 21st a fire broke out at 54a Main Street, Aberdeen, used as a store for storing bamboo wares. The fire quickly spread to the adjoining houses in spite of the efforts of the Fire Brigade and 27 houses were completely destroyed and 3 partly destroyed.
On April 25th Convict No. 791 Li Chung who escaped from Victoria Gaol on December 15th, 1919, was captured; he was committed for trial at the May Criminal Sessions, and was sentenced to death and subsequently executed. (Note. On February 24th, 1921, Convict No. 1785 Yeung Po who escaped from Victoria