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instant was 675, and the~ number of deaths 602, or a little more than 89 per cent, whereas in 1894 the mortality among the Chinese who were treated in hospitals

was 93

· per cent, and it must also be borne in mind that in

the latter calculation no

account is taken of dead ~ found in the streets

bodies

and sent at once

to the burial

ground, while the returns - for the current year include

all

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all deaths from the plague. There are, however, grounds

for

believing that children are more liable to in-

ofection than was the case in that year.

Twenty two

-persons other than Chinese have contracted the disease

during the current year.

Their nationalities were as

follows:0

67

Curopeans-6

Indians- 15 (including

Mrs Joseph and her family reported in my despatch No 87 of 8th Aprill, 1896).

1:87

Siamese. 1.

Amongst