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Cholera.
No case of locally acquired Cholera has been notified in the Colony since September 1922.
Three cases were reported during 1926, all were imported. One case being Non-Chinese and two Chinese.
Small-pox.
The incidence of this disease was very slight during 1926. The total number of cases notified being 49 of which 31 only were local cases, 17 were imported and one being from the New Territories.
The Non-Chinese cases numbered 4 of which 2 were imported.
The following table shows the monthly incidence of Small-pox for the last 10 years.
MONTHLY PREVALENCE OF SMALL-POX 1917 TO 1926.
Month 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 January. 358 1 3 433 7 36 11 6 15 February 176 0 March 38 288 850 11 33 8 255 6 April 263 18 13 38 187 May 19 62 21 14 June 61 July 61 14 19 August 91 September.. 210 0 3 0 0 0 40 19 29 October.... 0 3 0 0 0 0 29 165 November.. 0 3 0 0 19 165 1 December 6 0 0 397 407 Total 595 32 27 34 191 212 320 913 66 49Cerebro Spinal Fever.
The incidence of this disease during 1926 continued to be slight. The cases notified numbered 14 of which 13 were local cases and 1 was imported.
The Chinese cases numbered 13 of which 1 was imported there being 1 Non-Chinese case.
The following table shows the monthly incidence of Cerebro Spinal Fever for each year since it was first notified in 1918.
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