M 148
Although much good anti-malarial engineering has been done on the island, the problem has reached a point at which a thorough investigation of the local Anopheline species and their breeding habits is essential to a satisfactory solution. Moreover, while much time and money are spent on drainage, channelling and oiling, there are acres of wet cultivation and other fertile breeding grounds permitted near residential areas.
Deaths from malaria, recorded in 1928, were as follows:-
Chinese Non-Chinese Total 289 6 295Of these, 133 (Chinese) occurred on the Kowloon peninsula and 80 in the City of Victoria. There is a considerable reduction on the previous year's total, which was 635.
Unfortunately, very few certificates state the type of infection, so that the majority are recorded as "undefined". Of those definitely stated, there were 61 "Subtertian" and 7 "Malarial Cachexia."
Division into age periods shows that the majority of deaths recorded occurred between thirty and sixty years of age; whereas in infants and children under five years of age, only 35 deaths were noted.
The following table shows, for the last ten years, the deaths in the Colony from Malaria, together with percentages of total deaths and mortality rates.
Year Total deaths from Malaria Deaths from Malaria per cent. of total deaths Deaths from Malaria per 1,000 of population 1919 314 2.69 0.62 1920 332 2.67 0.59 1921 332 3.79 0.55 1922 454 3.11 0.78 1923 674 4.33 1.14 1924 707 4.54 0.98 1925 702 4.68 0.89 1926 587 4.69 0.75 1927 635 4.90 0.70 1928 295 2.00 0.30M 148
Although much good anti-malarial engineering has been done on the island, the problem has reached a point at which a thorough investigation of the local Anopheline species and their breeding habits is essential to a satisfactory solution. Moreover, while much time and money are spent on drainage, channelling and oiling, there are acres of wet cultivation and other fertile breeding grounds permitted near residential areas.
Deaths from malaria, recorded in 1928, were as follows:-
Chinese Non-Chinese
Total
289
6
295
Of these, 133 (Chinese) occurred on the Kowloon peninsula and 80 in the City of Victoria. There is a considerable reduction on the previous year's total, which was 635.
Unfortunately, very few certificates state the type of infection, so that the majority are recorded as "undefined". Of those definitely stated, there were 61 "Subtertian" and 7 "Malarial Cachexia."
Division into age periods shows that the majority of deaths recorded occurred between thirty and sixty years of age; whereas in infants and children under five years of age, only 35 deaths were noted.
The following table shows, for the last ten years, the deaths in the Colony from Malaria, together with percentages of total deaths and mortality rates.
Year.
Total deaths from Malaria.
Deaths from Malaria per cent. of total deaths.
Deaths from Malaria per 1,000 of population.
1919...
314
2.69
0.62
1920...
332
2.67
0.59
1921...
332
3.79
0.55
1922...
454
3.11
0.78
1923...
674
4.33
1.14
1924...
707
4.54
0.98
1925...
702
4.68
0.89
1926...
587
4.69
0.75
1927...
635
4.90
0.70
1928...
295
2.00
0.30
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