CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5] — Page 186

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In 1894 Hongkong was visited by a severe epidemic of bubonic plague, which lasted from May till September. For a considerable period after this, if we except the occurrence of a few isolated sporadic cases, the Colony remained free from the disease. In January, 1896, however, there was a recrudescence of plague, the cases becoming more frequent during February and March, till in April and May the disease assumed an epidemic character. In June, July, and August, the epidemic gradually subsided.

In March, 1896, by request of the Colonial Government of Hongkong, I was sent to Hongkong by The Admiral of the German Asiatic Squadron, to take part in the measures for the suppression of the epidemic, and to investigate the origin and the mode of dissemination of the disease. For this purpose I was put in charge of the Kennedy Town Hospital, and of the bacteriological laboratory established there in May, 1896.

During the time in which I was in charge of the hospital, from March 14th to the end of August 1896, I treated 300 cases of plague, and examined the bodies of 867 persons that had died of the disease. These were derived from the island of Hongkong and from the adjacent mainland (Kowloon, Yau-ma-ti).

It remained for me to record my observations and investigations on the patients and in the post-mortem room; to consider the origin and the mode of dissemination of plague; and finally, to discuss the measures to be recommended for the prophylaxis of the disease.

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INTRODUCTION, 182 In 1894 Hongkong was visited by a severe epidemic of bubonic plague, which lasted from May till September. For a considerable period after this, if we except the occurrence of a few isolated sporadic cases, the Colony remained free from the disease. In January, 1896, however, there was a recrudescence of plague, the cases becoming more frequent during February and March, till in April and May the disease assumed an epidemic character. In June, July, and August, the epidemic gradually subsided. In March, 1896, by request of the Colonial Government of Hongkong, I was sent to Hongkong by The Admiral of the German Asiatic Squadron, to take part in the measures for the suppression of the epidemic, and to investigate the origin and the mode of dissemination of the disease. For this purpose I was put in charge of the Kennedy Town Hospital, and of the bacteriological laboratory established there in May, 1896. During the time in which I was in charge of the hospital, from March 14th to the end of August 1896, I treated 300 cases of plague, and examined the bodies of 867 persons that had died of the disease. These were derived from the island of Hongkong and from the adjacent mainland (Kowloon, Yau-ma-ti). It remained for me to record my observations and investigations on the patients and in the post-mortem room; to consider the origin and the mode of dissemination of plague; and finally, to discuss the measures to be recommended for the prophylaxis of the disease.

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INTRODUCTION, 182 In 1894 Hongkong was visited by a severe epidemic of bubonic plague, which lasted from May till September. For a considerable period after this, if we except the occurrence of a few isolated sporadic cases, the Colony remained free from the disease. In January, 1896, however, there was a recrudescence of plague, the cases becoming more frequent during February and March, till in April and May the disease assumed an epidemic character. In Juue, July, and August. the epidemic gradually subsided. In March, 1896, by request of the Colonial Government of Hongkong, I was sent to Hongkong by The Admiral of the German Asiatic Squadron, to take part in the measures for the suppression of the epidemic, and to investigate the origin and the mode of dissemination of the disease. For this purpose I was put in charge of the Kennedy Town Hospital, and of the bacteriological laboratory established there in May, 1896. During the time in which I was in charge of the hospital, from March 14th to the end of August 1896, I treated 300 cases of plague, and examined the bodies of 867 persons that had died of the disease. These were derived from the island of Hongkong and from the adjacent mainland (Kowloon, Yau-ma-ti). It remained for me to record my observations and investigations on the patients and in the post- mortem room; to consider the origin and the mode of dissemination of plague; and finally, to discuss the measures to be recommended for the prophylaxis of the disease.

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INTRODUCTION,

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In 1894 Hongkong was visited by a severe epidemic of bubonic plague, which lasted from May till September. For a considerable period after this, if we except the occurrence of a few isolated sporadic cases, the Colony remained free from the disease. In January, 1896, however, there was a recrudescence of plague, the cases becoming more frequent during February and March, till in April and May the disease assumed an epidemic character. In Juue, July, and August. the epidemic gradually subsided.

Yau-ma-ti).

It remained for me to record my observations and investigations on the patients and in the post- mortem room; to consider the origin and the mode of dissemination of plague; and finally, to discuss the measures to be recommended for the prophylaxis of the disease.

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