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222 came via the Tung Wah Hospital. Of these, 15 (all male)

proved after due observation not to be Plague, and were re-

turned to the Tung Wah Hospital for treatment of their various

conditions, or permitted to return to their homes.

Of the 209 cases of Plague (138 male and 71

female),5 were transferred to the Government Plague Hospital,

3 were removed by their friends to Canton, 28 were discharged

cured, and 173 died.

In addition, two dead bodies of Plague patients

were received, and two premature births occurred in the hospi-

tal.

76 had femoral buboes, 24 inguinal, 25 axillary

8 cervical, 3 were of pneumonic type, and 73 had neither buboes

nor pneumonic symptoms. No postmortem examinations were possi-

ble, so that no information regarding internal glandular swell-

ings was obtainable. Bacteriological examination was made of

blood, &c., from doubtful cases.

None of the employees of the Hospital contracted

Plague.

When the Branch Hospital was closed on 27th.

June, careful precautions were taken to secure the efficient

disinfection of such furnishings as could be returned to the

Tung Wah Hospital, and such as could not be thoroughly disin-

fected were destroyed.

Bedboards were washed with Jeyes' Fluid and

exposed to the sun, and are being repainted before being stored

for