The following table shows the notifiable diseases registered during 1926. The by-laws governing Notification of Infectious disease do not apply to the New Territory other than New Kowloon but a few cases which have been notified are known to have come during illness from such New Territory.
Local Cases
Disease Total Cases Chinese Cases Non-Chinese Cases Imported N.T. Chinese Non-Chinese Imported N.T. Plague 0 Cholera 3 Small-pox 49 Cerebro Spinal Fever 14 Enteric Fever 197 154 29 13 12 2 1 Paratyphoid 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 Diphtheria 73 50 20 1 1 0 1 Scarlet Fever 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Puerperal Fever 7 6 1 1 Relapsing Fever 0 Typhus Fever 0 Yellow Fever 0 Rabies (Men) 0 Rabies (Dogs) 10 Total... 375 278 40 35 15 7 0M 57