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95. The notifiable diseases are Plague, Cholera, Smallpox, Yellow Fever, Typhus Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever, Enteric Fever, Para-typhoid fever, Relapsing Fever, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Puerperal Fever and Rabies (human and animal).
96. Responsibility for reporting a case of notifiable disease lies with the legally qualified medical practitioner attending a case, or, in the absence of such, on the occupier or keeper of the premises or on the nearest male relative living on the premises, or in default of such relative on any person in charge of or in attendance on the sick person. Reports are to be made to the Medical Officer of Health or to the Officer in charge of the nearest Police Station.
97. In actual fact practically the only reports received by the Medical Officer of Health are:--
(a) those from qualified medical practitioners.
(b) from the Medical Officer in charge of hospitals.
(c) from the Medical Officers in charge of the Public Mortuaries where bodies have been taken for inspection and disposal.
98. The Health Authorities when they do discover a case of infectious disease have no power to remove it to hospital unless the patient or his guardian consents, or unless a Magistrate makes an order for removal.
Tuberculosis.
99. Pulmonary Tuberculosis ranks second to broncho pneumonia as the principal cause of death. The total number of deaths was 2,042, that for 1931 being 1,983. The death rate per mille was 2.52 as compared with 2.60 for the previous year. Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the majority of cases is a disease which unfits the individual for the active exercise of his employment months or even years before death supervenes. Because of the tendency of those unable to work and earn a living to leave Hong Kong for their villages in China the deaths reported form an incomplete index of the prevalence of the disease.
100. The number of cases of disease is unknown but reckoning 10 for each death the total comes to over 20,000.
101. There is nothing to add to what has already been said with regard to this infectious malady. There is no sanatorium or home for the care of those who have contracted infection and the victims continue to struggle against their affliction under conditions which leave little hope for recovery.
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95. The notifiable diseases are Plague, Cholera, Smallpox, Yellow Fever, Typhus Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever, Enteric Fever. Para-typhoid fever, Relapsing Fever, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Puerperal Fever and Rabies (human and animal).
96. Responsibility for reporting a case of notifiable disease lies with the legally qualified medical practitioner attending a case, or, in the absence of such, on the occupier or keeper of the premises or on the nearest male relative living on the pre- mises, or in default of such relative on any person in charge of or in attendance on the sick person. Reports are to be made to the Medical Officer of Health or to the Officer in charge of the nearest Police Station.
97. In actual fact practically the only reports received by the Medical Officer of Health are:--
(a) those from qualified medical practitioners.
(b) from the Medical Officer in charge of hospitals.
(e) from the Medical Officers in charge of the Public Mort- uaries where bodies have been taken for inspection and disposal.
98. The Health Authorities when they do discover a case of infectious disease have no power to remove it to hospital unless the patient or his guardian consents, or unless a Magistrate makes an order for removal.
Tuberculosis.
99. Pulmonary Tuberculosis ranks second to broncho pneu- monia as the principal cause of death. The total number of deaths was 2,042, that for 1931 being 1,983. The death rate per mille was 2.52 as compared with 2.60 for the previous year. Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the majority of cases is a disease which unfits the individual for the active exercise of his employ- ment months or even years before death supervenes. Because of the tendency of those unable to work and earn a living to leave Hong Kong for their villages in China the deaths reported form an incomplete index of the prevalence of the disease.
100. The number of cases of disease is unknown but reckon- ing 10 for each death the total comes to over 20,000.
101. There is nothing to add to what has already been said with regard to this infectious malady. There is no sanatorium or home for the care of those who have contracted infection and the victims continue to struggle against their affliction under Conditions which leave little hope for recovery.
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