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season of the year—there being 9 in December, 21 in January and 6 in February—the remaining months averaging less than four cases each.
child.
Thirty-seven of the Chinese cases died and also one British.
Puerperal Fever.
Eighteen cases of this disease were notified throughout the year, (26 in 1913). Seventeen of them were Chinese; 15 of the cases died.
The Government employs nine Chinese midwives, trained in Western methods, to attend the poor in their confinements, and during the year 2,157 cases were attended by these women as against 2,329 in 1913.
There were 85 cases of abortion, 48 still-births and one case of Puerperal Fever. 70 of the infants died during the year, and 634 were taken back to China, or lost sight of owing to removals; the remainder of the infants are well. Six of the others died from accidents of child-birth, including four cases of Puerperal Fever; the causes of the other two deaths being Plague and Heart-failure respectively.
Rabies.
This disease was introduced into the Colony after many years of freedom, and two Non-Chinese deaths from Hydrophobia were recorded, one being British and the other Japanese. One Chinese child also died of this disease. A muzzling order for dogs was promptly introduced by the Government and is still in force, while the importation of dogs from places in which rabies is known to be endemic has been prohibited for some years past.
INTERMENTS.
The following number of interments in the various cemeteries of the Colony have been reported during the year and in 1913:--
General Cemeteries.
1913. 1914.
Colonial,... 71 77
Roman Catholic, 1,214 1,274
Mohammedan, 68 84
Parsee, 1 1
Japanese, 16 15
Total, 1,370 1,454
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season of the year-there being 9 in December, 21 in January and 6 in February-the remaining months averaging less than four cases each.
child.
Thirty-seven of the Chinese cases died and also one British
Puerperal Fever.
Eighteen cases of this disease were notified throughout the year, (26 in 1913). Seventeen of them were Chinese; 15 of the cases died.
The Government employs nine Chinese midwives, trained in Western methods, to attend the poor in their confinements, and dur- ing the year 2,157 cases were attended by these women as against 2,329 in 1913.
There were 85 cases of abortion, 48 still-births and one case of Puerperal Fever. 70 of the infants died during the year, and 634 were taken back to China, or lost sight of owing to removals; the remainder of the infants are well. Six of the others died from accidents of child-birth, including four cases of Puerperal Fever; the causes of the other two deaths being Plague and Heart-failure respectively.
Rabies.
This disease was introduced into the Colony after many years of freedom, and two Non-Chinese deaths from Hydrophobia were recorded, one being British and the other Japanese. One Chinese child also died of this disease. A muzzling order for dogs was promptly introduced by the Government and is still in force, while the importation of dogs from places in which rabies is known to be endemic has been prohibited for some years past.
INTERMENTS.
The following number of interments in the various cemeteries of the Colony have been reported during the year and in 1913 :--
General Cemeteries.
1913.
1914.
Colonial,...
71
77
Roman Catholic,
Mohammedan,
1,214
1,274
68
84
Parsee,
1
1
Japanese,
16
15
Total,
1,370
1.454
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