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Beri-beri.
There were 517 deaths from this disease during the year (398 in 1915). With the exception of two deaths in Indians and one in Japanese, all occurred in Chinese.
Ankylostomiasis.
During the year, 600 specimens taken from the public latrines in the city were examined, and 31 were found to be infected. This corresponds with the amount of infection one would expect to find when the large floating population from the infected mainland of China is taken into consideration.
Infectious Diseases.
The number of infectious diseases notified during the year was 1,110 (507 in 1915 and 2,521 in 1914), of which 39 were plague and 712 small-pox.
Their nature and distribution are shown in Tables II and III.
Plague.
The incidence of this disease was very light, there being only 39 cases as compared with 144 in 1915 and 2,521 in 1914: 38 of the patients were of Chinese nationality, one of Indian; 38 deaths occurred. Eleven cases were imported.
During the year, 92,624 rats were caught in Victoria and 19,005 in Kowloon. Total 111,629—306 per diem average—(109,909 in 1915).
In Victoria, 48 were found to be infected with plague (0.05 per cent), in Kowloon 27 (0.14 per cent); last year, 22 were found infected in Victoria and 72 in Kowloon.
Table IV shows the monthly distribution of plague and of infected rats during the year.
Owing to the increase of plague-infected rats found during the end of October and the early part of November, rat poison was laid down in the Chinese houses throughout the city with satisfactory results.
Enteric Fever.
The number of cases of this disease notified during the year was 219, as compared with 198 in 1915, and 140 in 1914. Twenty-three cases were imported. The cases of European or American nationality were 28 (36 in 1915), Portuguese 4, Japanese 9, Indian 7, Parsee 2. The remainder of the cases were Chinese.
It has not been possible to trace the source of the infection in these cases, nor the direct infection of one case from another. The incidence of the disease has not been of the nature of a water or milk-borne epidemic, but may have been acquired by the eating of raw vegetables grown by the Chinese method or by the eating of shellfish, but probably the contamination of food by flies plays a considerable part in conveying this disease.
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Beri-beri.
There were 517 deaths from this disease during the year (398 in 1915). With the exception of two deaths in Indians and one in Japanese all occurred in Chinese.
Ankylostomiasis.
During the year 600 specimens, taken from the public latrines in the city were examined and 31 were found to be infected: This corresponds with the amount of infection one would expect to find when the large floating population from the infected mainland of China is taken into consideration.
Infectious Diseases.
The number of infectious diseases notified during the year was 1,110 (507 in 1915 and 2,521 in 1914) of which 39 were plague and 712 small-pox.
Their nature and distribution is shown in Tables II and III.
Plague.
The incidence of this disease was very light, there being only 39 cases as compared with 144 in 1915 and 2,521 in 1914: 38 of the patients were of Chinese nationality, one of Indian: 38 deaths occurred. Eleven cases were imported.
During the year 92,624 rats were caught in Victoria and 19,005 in Kowloon. Total 111,629-306 per diem average-(109,909 in 1915).
In Victoria 48 were found to be infected with plague (0·05 per cent), in Kowloon 27 (0·14 per cent); last year 22 were found infected in Victoria and 72 in Kowloon.
Table IV shows the monthly distribution of plague and of in- fected rats during the year.
Owing to the increase of plague-infected rats found during the end of October and the early part of November rat poison was laid down in the Chinese houses throughout the city with satisfactory results.
Enteric Fever,
The number of cases of this disease notified during the year was 219 as compared with 198 in 1915, and 140 in 1914. Twenty- three cases were imported. The cases of European or American nationality were 28 (36 in 1915), Portuguese 4, Japanese 9, Indian 7, Parsee 2. The remainder of the cases were Chinese.
It has not been possible to trace the source of the infection in these cases, nor the direct infection of one case from another. The incidence of the disease has not been of the nature of a water or milk borne epidemic, but may have been acquired by the eating of raw vegetables grown by the Chinese method or by the eating of shell fish, but probably the contamination of food by flies plays a considerable part in conveying this disease.
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