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HEALTH REPORT FOR MAY
Saturday, June 23, 1973
Eighty cases of measles, and one death, were reported during May,
according to the monthly health statistics released today by the Medical
and Health Department.
Also during the month, there were 48 eases of bacillary dysentery
and one death, and five cases of amoebiasis and one death.
Tuberculosis accounted for 569 notifications and 103 deaths,
The incidence of all notifiable diseases rose to 790 from last
month's 782, and the number of deaths totalled 106 compared with 73 in April,
There were 26 cases of chickenpox, but no reports of diphtheria or
poliomyelitis.
Other infectious diseases did not show any appreciable variation.
Hong Kong remained free from cholera and other quarantinable diseases
during the month.
WATER INTERRUPTION
Water supply to a number of premises in Wanchai will be interrupted
for eight hours from 10 p.m. on Monday (June 25) to 6 a.m. the following morning.
The temporary stoppage is to enable the Waterworks Office to make
a fresh water connection at Bowrington Road.
All premises in Bowrington Road, Chan Tong Street, and Nos. 3-43
Morrison Hill Road, No. 1 Leighton Road, and Nos. 251-263 and 250-270
Wan Chai Road will be affected.
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