The following table shows the notifiable diseases registered during 1927. 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.
Chinese Cases Non-Chinese Cases Total Cases Disease Local Cases Imported N.T. Local Cases Imported N.T. Plague 0 0 0 0 0 Cholera 3 2 1 0 3 Small-pox 149 14 4 0 149 Cerebro Spinal Fever 32 1 1 1 32 Enteric Fever 307 28 12 1 307 Paratyphoid 7 0 1 1 0 7 Diphtheria 87 4 0 2 87 Scarlet Fever 2 0 0 2 Puerperal Fever 16 + 16 Relapsing Fever 2 2 Typhus Fever 0 0 Yellow Fever Rabies (Men) 0 .1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 29 4 61 20 2 13 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 Total 606 50 21 8 1 606 443 83Six cases of rabies in animals occurred during the year; of these two were reported from the New Territory.
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