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9. No cases of blackwater fever were reported.
10. In Table I, figures are given regarding admissions, supplied by the following Hospital: Government Civil, Kowloon, Victoria, Victoria Gaol, Laichikok Gaols (male and female), Tung Wah, Tung Wah Eastern, Kwong Wah, Matilda, Alice Memorial, War Memorial, Ho Mui Ling, and Hong Kong Sanitorium. The malaria admissions are arranged according to the quarters of the year and to methods of diagnosis.
11. In Table II, statistics are shown of cases treated, supplied by the following Dispensaries:-Central, Western, Shaukiwan, Aberdeen, Eastern, Yaumati, Hunghom, Shamshuipo, Kowloon City, Tai Po, Un Long, Sai Kung, Tai O, Ruttonjee, Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre.
12. Table III deals with Hospital admissions of Government servants (excluding coolies) in relation to admissions for malaria.
13. Table IV is a similar table for Police, including Water Police. Certain stations are situated in areas where malaria is unlikely to be contracted, others in rural areas where night patrol work adds to the risk of infection.
14. Table V gives the results of examinations for malaria of blood films which were made from prisoners admitted to Victoria Gaol. The results are arranged in districts according to addresses supplied. The parasites are not classified as in the great majority of positive findings, the diagnosis could only be made from thick films and could not be established from thin films owing to the scantiness of the infection. The films were obtained through the co-operation of the M.O. Gaol and his staff, and were stained and examined in the Laboratory of the Bureau.
15. Records obtained from the R.A.M.C. authorities regarding incidence of malarial infection amongst the troops, British and Indian, are as follows (relapses not being taken into account): British Troops:- number of cases of malaria contracted during the year was 67, of which 3 occurred in the first quarter, 7 in the second, 10 in the third, and 47 in the fourth. In the first quarter 3 of the cases were amongst troops who had been in Camp, in the fourth quarter 8. Calculated on an average strength of 3778, the yearly admission rate for fresh cases was 17.73 per thousand.