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Annexe I.
KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
REPORT BY DR. J. T. SMALLEY, Medical Officer.
I took over charge of the district from Dr. Woodman on the 1st July and for the remainder of the year combined the duties of Medical Officer and Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of cases treated showed a marked increase.
The figures for the year are 7,003 (exclusive of vaccination and physical examinations) as compared with 5,353 in 1915.
The figures unfortunately are not directly comparable owing to different methods in registering the cases in the two halves of the year.
The figures for 1916 would have been well over 8,000 if the same methods of book-keeping had been used throughout the year as were used during the first half throughout 1915.
At the Public Mortuary 1,278 post mortem examinations were made as compared with 980 in 1915. It is difficult to account for the increase in the absence of any epidemic, the small-pox outbreak coming too late to make any marked difference; it was probable due to the influx of Chinese from Canton, etc., during the troubles in China.
During the year 19,016 rats were examined, being 3,124 more than last year. Only 29 were found to be plague-infected as compared with 76 in 1915.
In December there was an outbreak of small-pox which was extending at the close of the year, but Kowloon was not seriously affected till the latter half of the month.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
The health of the European and Asiatic staff has been good throughout the year.
Unceasing efforts have been made during the last four years to teach the Chinese staff the value of quinine in malaria and that it has not been in vain is evidenced by the large decrease of the disease among them and their constant application for the drug. As usual, intra-muscular injections have been used whenever possible.
The medicine chests in the trains and at the stations have been kept replenished.
KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORIES,
The year has been marked by the freedom from plague and the outbreak of small-pox in December.
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Annexe I.
KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
REPORT BY DR. J. T. SMALLEY, Medical Officer.
I took over charge of the district from Dr. Woodman on the 1st July and for the remainder of the year combined the duties of Medical Officer and Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of cases treated showed a marked increase.
The figures for the year are 7,003 (exclusive of vaccination and physical examinations) as compared with 5,353 in 1915.
The figures unfortunately are not directly comparable owing to different methods in registering the cases in the two halves of the year.
The figures for 1916 would have been well over 8,000 if the same methods of book-keeping bad been used throughout the year as were used during the first half throughont 1915.
At the Public Mortuary 1,278 post mortem examinations were made as compared with 980 in 1915. It is difficult to account for the increase in the absence of any epidemic, the small-pox out- break coming too late to make any marked difference; it was pro- bable due to the influx of Chinese from Canton, etc., during the troubles in China.
During the year 19,016 rats were examined, being 3,124 more than last year. Only 29 were found to be plague-infected as compared with 76 in 1915.
In December there was an outbreak of small-pox which was extending at the close of the year, but Kowloon was not seriously affected till the latter half of the month.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
The health of the European and Asiatic staff has been good throughout the year.
Unceasing efforts have been made during the last four years to teach the Chinese staff the value of quinine in malaria and that it has not been in vain is evidenced by the large decrease of the disease among them and their constant application for the drug. As usual, intra-muscular injections have been used whenever possible.
The medicine chests in the trains and at the stations have been kept replenished.
KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORIES,
The year has been marked by the freedom from plague and the outbreak of small-pox in December.
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