1911-08-04 — Page 7

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1911.

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THE VETO STRUGGLE,

ME BALFOUR'S ADROIT MOVE.

(Reuter's Service to the China Alail.)

Lowpasy August 3. The Unionist papera unanimously welcome Mr Balfour's motion, which the Liberala characterise as an adroit move intended to reunite the party.

The "No Surrender" section has post- poned the issue of their manifesto which they consider might be regarded as a reflection on Mr Balfour.

THE PREMIER INDISPOSED.

Mr Asquith did not attend the House of Commons yesterday and cancelled his engagements for the evening, owing to a slight affection of the throat,

ORIGIN OF CENSURE MOTIONS,

LONDON, Aug. 3. It appears that at a meeting between Hr Ballour and the "No Surrender" of section yesterday, held at the request the latter, Mr Balfour's advice was asked as to the beet means of procedure.

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The notices of the proposed votes of bensure were the outcome of the meeting.

WEIGHING THE CHANCES.

HEALTH OF THE OBLONY.

Medical Omoers' Report.

There was laid our the table at the Legia lative Council yoaturday, a joint report by the Principal Civil Modical Officer (Hon. Dr. Atkinson) and the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. Francis Clarks) for the year 1910 From this wo take the following peints

ORNERAL SANITARY CONDITION,

The cubicle question" has for many yours been one of the most difficult problems in connection with the sanitary welfare of the Colony, but it would scom that, at last, it has been solved in a satisfactory manner by the enactment stringent regulations combined with considerable latitade in their practical riforentent. The Public Floalth law of the Colony prohibits the erection of cubicles in ground Boor rooms and limits these on upper Hoors to tre in umber, while it also limits the height of the partition walls to six test nod regulates their construction in certain other direc tions, but a discretionary power is granted by Ordinance, which has now been rested in the Medical Officers of Health, and they have the been enabled to per mit the urection of a larger number of cubicles on any Hone, wherever the lighting and ventilation of the promise has been found to warrant such a concession. As a result only i prosecutions for illegal cubicles were necessary during the year, the

fines amounting

to

$83.

In connection with anti-plague measume Fender houses as far as possible rat- proof. 324 ground surfaces in houses have been repaired and 1,675 buildings have had rat rum filled up with cement.

Obstructions have been removed from backyards, under actico, in 197 houses (274 in 1800).

Notices to abate nuisances to the number of 2,494 have been applied for during

uning the year.

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and whites; 107 per 1,000 for Ex Indians, and 11.5 per 1,000 for men alsased. As mixed and co

Tho total

of deaths which c curred amongst the non-Chinese resident civil population (onaltting that is to say thể 18 deaths in the Marcantils Marine and Foreign Navies) wax 184and allowing 1,500 for the non-Chiness floating population this gives a death-rate of 19.80 per 1,000 for the resident non-Chinese civil population.

DINLANES.

Respiratory Diseases.-The total number of deaths from there diseases for the your was 2,841 of which 38 were among the non- Chinese community leaving 1,605 among the Chinese papulation: 992 out of this total occurred in infants under one year of 469,

Phthisis alone accounts for 780 deaths of Wero Chinese. Paeumonia which 65 causod 1,165 deaths of which 1,153 ware Chinesa. Many of these bodice were examined in the Publin Mortuaries and in no case was death attributable to paaa monic plague. 873 of these destha from pneumonia occured in infants under one

year of age.

The death-rate among the Chinese from respiratory diseases was 79 por 1,000 as compared with 7.8 per 1,000 in the twa previous years; that for phthisis alone was

per 1,000, the same as in the two pre- vious years.

THE CHINA MAIL.

annes of - di-

Diphtheria-Thirty-two phtheria wura netifod throughout the your 24 in 1909), four of them being impurted maps. Twenty of the cases were Europeans and two were other Non-Chinose leaving ten Chmous case n. The anseo were more or lekesvenly distributed throughout the year.

There was one group of Riva, connected. casos, three of which occurred in a board- ing schol, while the Inspector in charge of the Disinfecting Station contracted the disoasa, presumably, by handling infected alothing,

Two of the Chineso casos diod, and also two of the European cases,

APULTERATION OF FOOD AND DATUS: Eighteen samples of milk were taken for analysis during he year, all of which wore found to be unadulterated and genuine.

A number of tins of condensed milk, cocoa and chocolate, various kinds of pickles and sauces, a quantity of fruit and some" tons of potatoes, all of which had become usound, ware seized and destroyed. The purity of alcoholic liquors is dealt with by the Police, who periodically submit samples for analysis. During 1910 one ample of whisky, one sample of brandy and one were found to be sample of rom adulterated.

THE TYPHOON.

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The deaths from phthisis amongst the Chinos were 10.3 per cent of the total deaths amongst thatcommunity as compared with 10 in 1909. The fact that the soil in the lower levels (which are the most all day to-day. During last night a densely

populated) is water logged during gale swaph over the Colony, while today No Subscription. the greater part of the year has no doubt the wind has continued to blow strongly much to do with the heavy mortality from and there have, bocu occasional heavy this disease, but it is to be hoped that ia dewspeurs of blinding vain. The harbour fences of education will gradually efect a reduction in our phthisis mortality woich has presented a rory" typhoony "appear at present stands at nearly double that of ance, and all the stemmers in port have England and Wales, which in the decennium been compelled to remain in shelter. As a 1891-1900 was only 1 per 1,000.

Nervous Diseases. The number of consequence, shipping work has been this heading for the absolutely at a standstill for the second day

Brown. compared in succession. The English mail from the North came in during the forenoon, but

deaths under year

1010

WAS 576 AE

In addition to the above improvements in connection with dwelling-bouses carried with 494 in 1909 and 419 in 1908. out under the supervision of the Sanitary The figures

prorious year; the influence

Thus, Saith 3rd Grundy, by Annesley

Konenly.

The Grean Mousa, by Robert W. Chambers. Einzel Grafton, by Mary S. Gruword. The Irresistable Husband, by Vincent The Horseshoe, by Mrs Frod Raynolds. Life and Its Puppets, by Otto Rothfold.

list of the Peers who are likely to support Department various permanent impraso- those of the compare unfavourably with instead of taking the usual P. and O. buoy The White Peacock, by D. E. Lawrence.

The newspapers ars drawing up Lord Halebury. These calcuations vary

from 68 to 75.

The Liberal papera name 64 cortainties and SS "probables, "though these latter have not yet declared their intentions.

AN AUTUMN SESSION.

LONDON, Aug. 4, In the House of Commons last night

menta affecting sanitation have been effected of the Public Dispensaries and of the by the Public Works Department. Thune Public Midwives must howover bo gradually include the training of additional aullahs felt and it is to be hoped that thesa to the extent of 3827 feat (792 feet in Sgures will show considerable redactions 18) and the building of public latrines within the next few years. and urinals in Nelson Street and Canton Road (Kowloon, and in Queen' Road East (Victoria), while a new Fruit Market has been erected in Bonham Strand, a new Cattle Depût and Slaughter-house at Sai and offles accomondation at the Cattle Depit at Kennedy Town has bean enlarged.

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she, moored of Wanchai in a more secluded spot

A corice issued by the Obserratory at 7.30 last night stated that the typhoon was still south of the Colony and was progress- ing slowly on its course in a W... direction. At noon today the repert was that the centre of the disturbance · WAN

Thurston.

Tillers of the Soil, by J. B. Patterson The Legacy, by Mary S. Watts The Ring of Pleasure, by Pani Creswick, The arden of Resurrection, by E. Temple Malarial Fever. The total number of

The Street of To-day, by John Masefold. deaths from malarial fever during the year

The Escape Agents, by C. J. Catcliffe

Hyne. was 601 (as compared with 499 in 1909 and 499 in 1908), of which 9 raly were non-probably situate about 75 miles S.S.W. of The Jasuit, by Josephs Hocking. Chinese, & being from the civil population, Gap Rock, and that it was moving slowly The Mavlod Ox, by Coralie Stanton and

or north-north-westerly Heath Hooken. 2 from the troops and 1 from the in a north-westerly o navy. Of these 582 Chinese deaths direction, the coast west of Macas being Members of the Faraily, by Owens Wister. 292 occurred in the City of Victoria (123 threatened. It will therefore be noticed: The White Owl, by Kate Korn. A considerable improvement is always in loon (120 in 1976), 189 in the villages of would seen to embraces considerable ares. The Hand of Venus, by J. Morgan de

Groet lanes but the full effect of the Ordinance Hongkong (185 is 1909), 30 in the Harbour has taken a slight curve rather more in the in this respect will not be realised for a (9 in 1909) and 1 at the Posk. Some of direction of Hongkong than the course on A True W, by Baronesse Orary.

Robinette, by Kato Douglas Viggin, a considerable number of years. Neverthe the deaths, however, which cecarved in the which it was formerly moving less the total area of innes obtained for City were casse brought over from Kow-

The Vision of Balmaine, by G. E. Bargin. scavenging purposes during the year has loon or from the Harbour, for treatment

Honour's Folters, by May Wynno

Glendalyne, by Dero- been 6,212 sq. ft. (11,450 sq. ft. 1909), the in the various city hospitals. Of the deaths

Same Happenings length being 867 ft. (1,758 ft. in 1909), which occurred in the villages 125 were at while a further area of 9,201 sq. ft. was Shankiwan (79 from the land population resumed for the construction of roadways,pared with BB in 1909; 63 at Aberdeen (20

53 from the boat population) as com During the year four wells, the waters from the land population and 42 from the of which were unsatisfactory, were closed boat population) as compared with 76 to by order of the Board.

1909 and 6 at Stanley.

Mr Lloyd George announced that taking place in the matter of scavenging), while there were 70 deaths in that since yesterday the disturbance, which Mr Noakes, hy C. A. Dawson Scott

Parliament would adjourn on August 18th, after passing the Parliament Bill, the Finance Bill and a resolution regarding payment of members.

It has, he added, been decided to hold an Autumn Session, which is to corsmence late in October and to beet. (7,906 sq. ft. in 199). devated to the Insurance Bill and other

Meastra.

DECENCY AND FAIR-PLAY DEMANDED.

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Mr Lloyd George also stated that the Government was agreeable to discuss the vote of censure on Monday, but asked for an undertaking that the debate would be conducted under ordinary conditions.cf decency and fairplay

The Parliament Bill is to be resumed on Tuesday.

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

PARIS BECOMING IMPATIENT.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, August 3.

Chinese... Non-Chinese,

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We learn that the Admiralty collier Sling will remain in Junk Bay until the black siguals are hauled duwa, when she will proceed to Wei-hai-wei

The remains of an old broken junk was the corner made by the Praya wall and the seen yesterday afternoon on the boath in stone pier opposite Observation Point.

BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL.

... then Conyers. The King over the Water, by Justin;

Huntly McCarthy. Winding Paths, by Gertrude Paga.

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MANAGER-CHENG KAM MING iste Head Dispenser: Government Ølvil *Hospital).

DISPENSED.

PURE DRUGS.

With regard to the increase in the number of deaths from malaris in the City The births registered during the year daring 1910 as compared with the previous Presentation of Prizes. were as follows:-

year. we find that about one-third of these Males. Females. Total. deaths occurred in Health Districts @ and

Some five years ago, Mr R. E. Bolilios, 340 993

1,233 10 which are at the Western end of the while on a visit to this Colony, intimated 163

900 City, where

of workmen arra 197

number have been employed throughout the year in his intention of presenting annually to the Total, 1910, 1,103 430 1,633 building operations. The sits upon which pupils attending the school so generously the University is bounded on the Weat by built and presented by his late father, 1,017 mountain stream which a year ago was seven handsome prizes to be competed for PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY

found to be swarning with enopheles larne at the close of the Midsummer Term. The was at once takon in hand and finished in subject was to be English composition and although the training of this stream the month of November, 1910, yet it is and the excellence of the assays recently of a large sent in by the various candidates ter ifer. obvious that the employment

to the valuable stimulus provided by thuso number of natives in a locality so long as it is warmed with anopheles mosquitoes was bound to load to a temporary increase prizes in this important subject-always a in the number of cases of malaria. The difficult one for youngsters, and especially training of these streams and their tribats for nativo children. This year the prizes aries, the clearing of the sites and their surroundings, the completion of the bould have beco awarded so follows:--- ing operations and the dispersal of the workmen (many of whom carry the malarial parasite in their blood although quite capable of working) will wo hope speedily restore these districts to their former state Hoof healthinees,

1909.... 1,044

This gives a general birth rate of 13 1.0.5. he compared with 4 per 1,000 in 1909 and 4-2 per 1,000 in 1908,

The birth-rate amongst the non-Chiness community was 14:42 per 1,000 as compared with 18 38 per 1000 in 1909 and 14-43 in

1008..

The nationalities of the non-Chinese parents were as follows: British 103, Portuguese 78. Indian 40, Malay and Filipino 23, Goran 15, American 3, Fresch 3, Jewish 4, Danish 3, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss and Japanese 1 each.

The number of Chinese births registered does not give an accurate record of the number of births which have occurred.

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Emily Barros. B--Ng Yuen Lin. 7-Dollie Baker.

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to have received a letter a few days ago stating that there were sovers thousands of mon prepared and, in waiting, and that they intended to pounce down upon Fat shan on a certain day and thers loot the city: The date was given. It is known of that at a place named Lung Shan there is the shig body of people gathered together,

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of female children not at all, it is probable during the year of which only were ticas, while increasing agitation is being that the majority if not all of the infants among the non-Chinese community, two of manifested in Berlin against the cession which are sickly at birth or die before they whom were Malaya, one a Japanese olerk

**There is absolutely a truth whatever have lived one month have not had their and the fourth a Japanese infant aged two of Togoland in exchange for a portion of births registered. It is customary, there months Attention has been drawn to in the rumour, was the remark French Congo. Authoritative cpinion in foro, to assume that all children of one month the fact that the cause of this disease is Mr W. E. Clarke, Secretary to

Canton both capitals, however, anticipates a old and under who are admitted to the believed to be due to the eating of white

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HEAT WAVE IN GERMANY.

·SERIOUS EFFECTS.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, Aug. 3

dead in the stroota, harbour, billigides, etc..

investigations

and Macao Sesamboat Co., and on the sixth of the Chinese month they when

interviewod respecting celebrated some big feasts; so the people

by poor people) and all young infants found meantime contractors and large employers a rumour that the a Sui Tai had gone are very much distarbed. It is said that. by the Police, have been born in the Colony of native labour have been warned as to down on her way from Macao. Mr Clarke many of the business poople are giving credence to these rumours, and that they the nature of the disease and advised so but not registered. By adding the number

of such "children to the number of the re. apply their workmen with beans in added that be liad been in communication hara: wet to discuss measures for the pro-

what more correct number of births is obtained and from this is calculated a cor- rected birth-rate.

to

furnish them with a suficient quantity of fresh meat or of fresh fish.

Infections Disease.The total number of case of infections disorse notified during the year was 178 (29% in 1909) of which

5 were of plagno,

Flague-The incidence of pingus during

telegraphically as to whether the vessel was coming on to Hongkong and had received the reply that the Sui Tai was sheltering from the storm in Macao.

Enquiries were made as to whether any other vessel had met with disaster but no nowe whatever of such a calamity could be

Intense heat is prévailing throughout 4 total of 2.315 as compared with 2,556 31910 was very light, only 25 cases being i ascertained.

Germany. There are hundreds of victims daily, and there are many forest and

corland Ares.

THE ATLANTIC FLEET.

ADMIRAL CRADOCK TO COMMAND.

Renter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, Ang. 3.

Rear Admiral Gradock has been ap pointed Rear Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet in succession to Bear-Admiral Garden.

ARBITRATION TREATIES

SIGNED.

FRANCE AND GERMANY; ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

Beuter's Service to the China Mzil)

LONDON, Aug. 3..

A General Arbitration Treaty between

Francs and Germany was signed in Paris today

A message from Washington says the Anglo-American Arbitratim Treaty has been signed.

inuation of the likely conclusion of an Note there has been no previous Afbiliation Treaty between France and German we mther think, the reference should be Franca ad America. En, OM

The number of such children in 1910 was 298 males and 484 females, total 782, which being added to the registered birthe, makes 1909. The corrected birth-rata is there fore 66 while amongst the Chinese com muuity alons the rata becoman 6.1 instand of 37 par 1,000.

100 femalen.

recorded, of which 4 were imported. Eigh- tests of the cases were discovered in the City of Victoria, one at the Peak, two in Kowloon, two in the harbour and two la the villages of Hongkong.

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IN THE COURTS.

Before Mr J. B. Wood az Indian

After

A rather unusual charge was preferred

Of course, the batter instructed sention of the community laugh at these rumours, and

the black-mailing letters. But mean- while there is so unsettling tendency in them, and though the people do not yet appear to have followed the steps of the residents of Canton in moving their families and themselves to the aster rofuge of Hong- kong or Macao, there is so knowing when the migration will take place; when a few start the many will fɔliów.

The preponderance of male over female registered births is very marked amongst

Typhoid Fever The number of cases chauffour was charged with reckless driving in quarantine in Hongkong, vi-4 for During last year six ships were detained the Chinese, there being 321, males to 100 females, 1001 Pelee with the addition compared with 75 during 1909 and 33 in hearding the evidence to Worship die 2 for plague as compared with 1 in 1909.

smallpox-as compared with 5 in 1309: females; in 1909 the proportion was 226 of this disease during the year was 67 as and exceeding the speed limit. of the 789 above mentioned pregistered 1908; 17 of the cases were imported. The charged the defendant. births the proportion becomes 159 males to numbered 25, while the Chinese casca Cases of European or American nationality

The total number of emigrant rejec tions in Hongkong for 1910 were 1,190 as In the non-Chinese commanity, the prs.numbered 23, and 9 cases occurred amongst

explained by the increased numbers of portion of male births to female births for the other Asistio races in the Colony. against an old Chinese woman from Hung. against 993 for 1999; the increase of 2017 In 1010 ms 119 to 100, se compared with 117 Thres of the European cases, three of the hom. She was accused of killing five ducks amigrants for the year. The actual average

other Asiatic casos, and 22 of the belonging to a to 100 in 1909 and 108 to 100 in 1908.

neighbour. The ducks, it of rejections was 106 per cent, as against Chinese casos died. The case mortality DXATER...

was said, trespassed on defendent's 1-20 per cent. for 1909. among the European cases was therefore 12 per cent.

promises, and she-sized each of them by special ronosrela into the nature of In most of the cram of typhoid fever the neck and airing them against a wall the Pukfulam Water was commenced that occur in this Colony the infection fa. His Worship bound the defendant over in about the 16th October laat by the Hong probably contracted by cating mlads of raw vegetables, which have been grown in the art of 825 to keep the peace for six kong Bantersological Institute and wil Chinese market gardens, where it is custo-months, mary to water manure the plants with

The deaths registered during the year numbered 7,639 sgainst 7,267 in 1909: The death rate was therefore 21-76 per 1,000 against 12-13 in 1989,

The total number of deatiu amoogst the Chinese community was 7,430 which gives a death-rate of 22-50 per 1,000 na.against 21-68 in 1909 and 28-36 in 1908.

continue till the end of April next. This research occupies, the whole time of the laboratory et present.

dilated human excrets--both urine and At the Marino Court to-day, balore The deaths registered amongst the non-nightsoll. Remidenis in the Far East Commander C. W. Beckwith, B.N., Lance. During last year 7,307 tubes of lymph Chinese community numbered 209 of which should carefully avoid such articles of food Sergeant Thempien prosecuted the coz were issued, compared with 9.501 in the 182 ware from the civil population, 20 as water-eroes, lettuce, etc., in view of this from the army and 7 from the navy. danger of contracting typhoid fever awains of the Astor House Hotel launch, year 1908. Of the 997 tubes issued re porta haveboso received onsome 1,012 cases This gives a death rate for the non-cholers or intestinal parasites, all of which the Brons and the Wo Da for disobeying only. This is unsatisfactory and it r Chinese community of 10-04 per 1,000 na disasses may be conveyed in this manner the lawful orders of the Harbour Master proposed to reorganize the method of compared with 124

46 in 1990 and 14-78 in Oysters from highbouring Chinesa ports on the 27th ultimo. It was stated that the reporting next year bean to get a larger 1908

reported on This death-rate onto had me are also coosalonally the source of infection

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of the United Kingdom which, for 1908 and among the Chinese than among Europains Albans, and did not remove until the police betwem Hongkong and the mainland of 1909 was 16-2 and 14'8 respectively, but it is this Colony, the ratio of case to popula launch was right on them. A fino of #15, - Clues. The passenger Sgizes by river It is now one of the most popular braala, and has a record for consistent must be barne in mind that over half the lion being in the case of Europeans 2:2 por population of the Colony (including Chinese) 1,000 and in the case of Chinese 6-1 per the alternative being one month's imprison steamers last year were as follows-Arrivals (#95 | 1,014,608 ; departures 970,188. I must not be amaized; however, thiab the axSENS is between the ages of 20 and to and that 1,000 mopt, was imposed in each cres. invalids frequently leave the Colony for Small-por-During the year 81 cases of

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