CO129-272 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [5-9] — Page 35

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number of cases which have occurred during each week since the 4th

4th January I may here mention

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that in order to ensure all - possible accuracy in the ~ statistics, the bodies of all

Chinese whose deaths are registered but the causes

of whose deaths have not been

certified by a medical prac- titioner are examined before burial by the Medical Officer of Health. In proof of the necessity

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necessity of this step I may state that that officer found that between the 8th February and the 30th April as many as 50 deaths from plaque had been erroneously registered

as due to other causes, princi pally Consumption, Bronchitis

and Intermittent Fever.

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The mortality general-

ly, as compared with 1894, -- shows a slight improvement. The total number of Chinese cases up to noon on the 4th

instant.