AnnualReport-1927

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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 1927, all were imported. One case being Non-Chinese and two Chinese.

Small-pox.

There was a minor epidemic of this disease during the early part of the year. With the arrival of warmer weather the disease gradually disappeared.

The total number of cases notified being 149 of which 131 were local cases and 18 imported.

The Non-Chinese cases numbered 6 of which 4 were imported.

The following table shows the monthly incidence of Small-pox for the last ten years.

MONTHLY PREVALENCE OF SMALL-POX 1918 to 1927.

Month 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 January 2 0 1 8 3 4 33 255 6 19 February 0 2 3 4 3 7 6 6 3 6 March 6 1 11 33 7 6 1 26 10 62 April 6 1 1 25 6 36 0 10 11 58 May 3 8 0 137 6 25 8 36 58 54 June 1 0 0 19 2 137 40 19 54 62 July 1 0 5 6 0 913 19 29 47 21 August 4 0 1 2 1 66 3 3 21 14 September 2 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 58 61 October 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 61 61 November 2 0 5 407 5 0 0 0 28 15 December 4 14 0 5 (0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 32 27 34 191 212 1320 913 66 49 149

Cerebro Spinal Fever.

The incidence of this disease during 1927 continued to be slight. The cases notified numbered 32 of which 30 were local cases and 2 were imported.

The Chinese cases numbered 31 of which 1 was imported there being 1 imported Non-Chinese case.

The following table shows the monthly incidence of Cerebro Spinal Fever for each year since it was first notified in 1918.