## M 38
### Leprosy
111. In October His Excellency the Governor appointed a Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, to enquire into the incidence of Leprosy in the Colony and to suggest methods of dealing with lepers. The report of this Committee is now under consideration. The number of lepers in the Colony is unknown. The number deported by the Police was 104 (83 in 1933).
### Rabies
112. Fourteen cases of this disease were reported during the year. Four cases occurred in humans, the remainder in dogs.
113. With the exception of one human case in the City of Victoria, the disease was confined to New Kowloon and the New Territories.
114. The last case was reported in August.
115. None of the human cases had been treated with anti-rabic vaccine before the appearance of symptoms. All were fatal. No case which received anti-rabic treatment contracted the disease, though several had been bitten by dogs proved to be rabid.