AnnualReport-1925

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Monthly prevalence of Cerebro Spinal Fever.

Month

1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 January 23 18 5 4 February 165 + 32 13 March 454 71 40 59 April 274 58 44 18 May 146 24 10 June 96 15 10 July 52 13 August ... 1+ 12 September 10 October ..... 5 11 16 22 13 November ... 9 10 5 10 14 December ... 10 5 10 + 11 16 Total 1,232 267 153 125 53 107 81 73

ENTERIC AND PARATYPHOID FEVERS.

The total of cases of these diseases notified during 1925 was 163 of which 154 were cases of Enteric Fever and 9 of Paratyphoid Fever.

The cases of local origin were 132 being 100 cases of Enteric Fever and 4 cases of Paratyphoid Fever amongst the Chinese and 25 cases of Enteric and 3 of Paratyphoid Fevers, amongst the Non-Chinese population.

There were 8 Chinese and 18 Non-Chinese imported cases of Enteric Fever and 3 Chinese cases from the New Territory.

There were 2 Non-Chinese imported.

2 Non-Chinese cases of Paratyphoid Fever.

The following table shows the monthly incidence of Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers in the Colony for the last 10 years.