M 20
Puerperal Fever.
Ten cases were notified. They were all Chinese. One case was imported.
Seven Government midwives attended at 625 confinements (550 in 1919).
CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA.
No new cemeteries were opened in 1920.
During the year 1,370 private exhumations were carried out as follows:-
Mount Caroline 299, Kai Lung Wan 418, Kai Lung Wan East 150, Ma Tau Wai 74, Sai Yu Shek 97, Mount Davis 22, Tai Shek Ku 2, Roman Catholic Cemetery 12, Colonial Cemetery 2, Chinese Christian Cemetery 1, Kowloon Tong 49, Sham Shui Po 33, Chai Wan 180, Aberdeen 4, Cheung Sha Wan 3, Hau Pui Lung 1 and from places other than authorised cemeteries 23.
5,167 exhumations were carried out at the expense of the Government, as follows:-
Mount Caroline 1,921, Kai Lung Wan 97, Kai Lung Wan East 1,952, and Chai Wan 1,197.
The number of exhumations in 1910 was 550.
There were 62 cremations, 41 at the Japanese Crematorium, So Kon Po, and 21 at the Sikh Temple.
DISINFECTING STATIONS.
At these stations in Victoria and Kowloon 19,380 articles of clothing, bedding, etc., were disinfected during the year (39,924 in 1919).
The disinfecting apparatus was in use in Victoria on 156 days and in Kowloon on 81 days.
In addition 17,543 articles were washed and 19 public vehicles disinfected.
PUBLIC BATH HOUSES.
The following table shows the number of persons who have used the four public bath houses during the year :—
District 1919 1920 Wanchai (men only) 123,741 133,331 Pound Lane (men and women) 431,654 426,553 Second Street (men only) 64,212 89,706 Sheung Fung Lane (women & children) 49,131 41,764 Total 668,738 691,354AMBULANCE SERVICE.
Ambulances are procurable at any time of the day or night from the disinfecting stations at Tai Ping Shan in Victoria and
M 20
Puerperal Fever.
Ten cases were notified. They were all Chinese. One case was imported.
Seven Government midwives attended at 625 confinements (550 in 1919).
CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA.
No new cemeteries were opened in 1920.
During the year 1,370 private exhumations were carried out as follows:-Mount Caroline 299, Kai Lung Wan 418, Kai Lung Wan East 150, Ma Tau Wai 74, Sai Yu Shek 97, Mount Davis 22, Tai Shek Ku 2, Roman Catholic Cemetery 12, Colonial Cemetery 2, Chinese Christian Cemetery 1, Kowloon Tong 49, Sham Shui Po 33, Chai Wan 180, Aberdeen 4, Cheung Sha Wan 3, Hau Pui Lung 1 and from places other than authorised cemeteries 23.
5,167 exhumations were carried out at the expense of the Government, as follows:-Mount Caroline 1,921, Kai Lung Wan 97, Kai Lung Wan East 1,952, and Chai Wan 1,197.
The number of exhumations in 1910 was 550.
There were 62 cremations, 41 at the Japenese Crematorium, So Kon Po, and 21 at the Sikh Temple.
DISINFECTING STATIONS.
At these stations in Victoria and Kowloon 19,380 articles of clothing, bedding, etc., were disinfected during the year (39,924 in 1919).
The disinfecting apparatus was in use in Victoria on 156 days and in Kowloon on 81 days.
In addition 17,543 articles were washed and 19 public vehicles disinfected.
PUBLIC BATH HOUSES.
The following table shows the number of persons who have used the four public bath houses during the year :—
District.
1919.
Wanchai (men only)
123,741
1920. 133,331
Pound Lane (men and women)
431,654 426,553
Second Street (men only)
64,212
89,706
Sheung Fung Lane (women & children)
49,131
·11,764
Total............
.668,738 691,354
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
Ambulances are procurable at any time of the day or night. from the disinfecting stations at Tai Ping Shan in Victoria and
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