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Police admitted to hospital on account of malaria during the past 12 years:--
Year. From the City. From rest of the Colony. Total. Strength of Police Force. Percentage of Strength. 1909... 37 50 87 1,050 8 1910. 66 69 135 1,039 13 1911. 30 83 113 1,031 11 1912.. 37 51 88 1,120 8 1913. 68 95 163 1,170 14 1914. 101 81 182 1,206 15 1915... 116 92 208 1,289 16 1916... 63 99 162 1,057 13 1917... 51 84 135 1,192 11 1918. 40 49 89 1,228 7 1919. 13 74 87 1,228 7 1920.... 27 60 87 1,281 6.7Beri-beri.
There were 361 deaths from this disease during the year (555 in 1919). All were Chinese except 3 Japanese and 1 Indian.
Infectious Diseases.
The number of cases of infectious diseases notified during the year was 560 (1,011 in 1919 and 1,013 in 1918).
Of these 138 were plague, 34 small-pox, and 158 cerebro-spinal-meningitis (269 in 1919).
Tables II and III show the nature and distribution of these diseases.
Plague.
There were 138 cases of this disease as compared with 464 in 1919, 266 in 1918, and 38 in 1917. Eighteen cases were imported. All but 9 were of Chinese nationality, and of these eight were Japanese—all imported. The deaths numbered 120.
The numbers of rats caught and sent to the public mortuaries for examination for signs of plague were, for Victoria 78,244 and for Kowloon 29,023, total 107,267 (104,104 in 1919).
In Victoria 19 were found to be plague infected and in Kowloon none.
Table IV shows the monthly distribution of plague infected rats during the year.
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