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The total number of cases brought to the notice of the authorities during the year was 270 of which 249 or 92.2 per cent died. 63 cases were admitted to the Tung Wah Hospital for 'Chinese' treatment, which with 10 remaining from the previous year made a total of 73. Of these 25 died making a death rate under Chinese treatment of 34.2 per cent. Altogether 4 cases were treated in the Government Infectious Diseases Hospital of which none died making a death rate of nil per cent under Western or scientific treatment. 86.3 per cent of all the deaths were in children under 5 years of age.
In this epidemic 190 cases or 70% were notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the first time when the Medical Officer in charge of the Mortuary reported the presence of a corpse dead of the disease. The great majority of these were dumped corpses.
The average case mortality rate for all countries in the unvaccinated of all ages is 25 per cent to 35 per cent, and for those of children under 5 years of age not more than 50 per cent. In Hong Kong the percentage of deaths to cases notified was 92.2 which shows that a great number of cases escaped the notice of the authorities altogether. There were 249 deaths and even if it were assumed that all who died were unvaccinated and under 5 years of age the number of cases was not 270 but 249 x 2 or 498 which means that 228 or 45.7 per cent of the whole escaped the notice of the Sanitary Department altogether.
Isolation of the sick, disinfection of premises and surveillance of contacts, such as carried out in most countries, being impracticable under the accepted policy, the only means of combating an epidemic was the pushing of vaccination.
Anticipating an epidemic, arrangements were early made with the Assistant Commissioner of St. John's Ambulance Brigade to conduct a vaccination campaign similar to that of the previous year.
As before, each member of the Brigade was instructed in vaccination by the Divisional Surgeons and when pronounced efficient his name was gazetted as a public vaccinator for the period of the emergency. Booths were opened in the streets and markets and active propaganda advocating vaccination and revaccination was carried out and altogether excellent work was done. At the same time special efforts were made by the Government Vaccinators and at the hospitals and dispensaries.
Altogether 244,789 persons were vaccinated (as compared with 323,709 in 1929) of which 116,475 were done by the Brigade, 25,242 by the Chinese Hospitals and Dispensaries and 103,072 by the Government Vaccinators (public vaccinators and hospitals).
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The total number of cases brought to the notice of the authorities during the year was 270 of which 249 or 92.2 per cent died. 63 cases were admitted to the Tung Wah Hospital for 'Chinese' treatment, which with 10 remaining from the previous year made a total of 73. Of these 25 died making a death rate under Chinese treatment of 34.2 per cent. Altogether 4 cases were treated in the Government Infectious Diseases Hospital of which none died making a death rate of nil per cent under Western or scientific treatment. 86.3 per cent of all the deaths were in children under 5 years of age.
In this epidemic 190 cases or 70% were notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the first time when the Medical Officer in charge of the Mortuary reported the presence of a corpse dead of the disease. The great majority of these were dumped corpses.
The average case mortality rate for all countries in the unvaccinated of all ages is 25 per cent to 35 per cent, and for those of children under 5 years of age not more than 50 per cent. In Hong Kong the percentage of deaths to cases notified was 92.2 which shows that a great number of cases escaped the notice of the authorities altogether. There were 249 deaths and even if it were assumed that all who died were unvaccinated and under 5 years of age the number of cases was not 270 but 249 x 2 or 498 which means that 228 or 45.7 per cent of the whole escaped the notice of the Sanitary Department altogether.
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Isolation of the sick, disinfection of premises and veillance of contacts, such as carried out in most countries, being impracticable under the accepted policy, the only means of combating an epidemic was the pushing of vaccination.
Anticipating an epidemic, arrangements were early made with the Assistant Commissioner of St. John's Ambulance Brigade to conduct a vaccination campaign similar to that of the previous year.
As before, each member of the Brigade was instructed in vaccination by the Divisional Surgeons and when pronounced efficient his name was gazetted as a public vaccinator for the period of the emergency. Booths were opened in the streets and markets and active propaganda advocating vaccination and revaccination was carried out and altogether excellent work was done. At the same time special efforts were made by the Government Vaccinators and at the hospitals and dispensaries.
Altogether 244,789 persons were vaccinated (as compared with 323,709 in 1929) of which 116,475 were done by the Brigade, 25,242 by the Chinese Hospitals and Dispensaries and 103,072 by the Government Vaccinators (public vaccinators and hospitals).
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