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Leprosy.
102. Though leprosy is a notifiable disease very few cases are ever notified and the number of cases in the Colony is still a matter of conjecture. Assuming the rate of incidence in the neighbouring country to be at least one per mille population, the number of lepers in Hong Kong and the New Territories cannot be less than 500.
103. To many this figure will appear to be an exaggeration, nevertheless, it is accepted by all those who are authorities on the subject and who have taken the trouble to make the necessary enquiries. Assuming that one third of the population is Hong Kong born one third of this number or 166 are lepers for which the Colony is responsible. There is no leper asylum in the Colony.
104. Lepers who are not British subjects are prohibited from entering the Colony and any such who find entrance may be deported. Lepers who are Chinese subjects are sent to Canton whence they proceed to Shek Lung where there is an official asylum of the Kwang Tung Government the direction of which is entirely in the hands of the Catholic Mission. During the year the Hong Kong Government paid to the Mission a donation of $2,500.
Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
105. The number of cases of infectious disease notified during the year and those notified in 1931 were:
1932 1931 Bubonic Plague 0 0 Cholera 0 0 Smallpox 241 212 Diphtheria 15 205 Enteric 231 202 Paratyphoid 214 8 Relapsing Fever ... 3 Cerebro-spinal fever 207 25 Typhus ... 19 Yellow Fever ... ... Puerperal Fever 7 ... Rabies (human) ... ... Rabies (animal) 1 ...-
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Leprosy.
102. Though leprosy is a notifiable disease very few cases are ever notified and the number of cases in the Colony is still a matter of conjecture. Assuming the rate of incidence in the neighbouring country to be at least one per mille population, the number of lepers in Hong Kong and the New Territories cannot be less than 500.
193. To many this figure will appear to be an exaggeration, nevertheless, it is accepted by all those who are authorities on the subject and who have taken the trouble to make the necessary enquiries. Assuming that one third of the population is Hong Kong born one third of this number or 166 are lepers for which the Colony is responsible. There is no leper asylum in the Colony.
104. Lepers who are not British subjects are prohibited from entering the Colony and any such who find entrance may be deported. Lepers who are Chinese subjects are sent to Canton whence they proceed to Shek Lung where there is an official asylum of the Kwang Tung Government the direction of which is entirely in the hands of the Catholic Mission. During the year the Hong Kong Government paid to the Mission a donation of $2,500.
Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
105. The number of cases of infectious disease notified dur- ing the year and those notified in 1931 were:-
Bubonic Plague
Cholera
Smallpox
Diphtheria
Enteric
Paratyphoid
1932
1931
.0
.0
241
212
15
205
231
202
214
8
3
Relapsing Fever
Cerebro-spinal fever
207
25
Typhus
Yellow Fever
Puerperal Fever
7
19
Rabies (human)
Rabies (animal)
1
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