CO129-389 - Governor Sir Lugard Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1912 [3-4] — Page 364

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15.

Victoria is the only town and the figures are given in the

following Table.

16.

Monthly table of rainfall.

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servatory 0.7350.0003.8105.93522.1455.0908.06030.0608.2155.6852.7200.09590.550

17. (a)

(b)

No further legislation has been introduced to prohibit the breeding of mosquitoes; a copy of the by law in force was sent with the Report for 1910. During the past year eleven convictions were obtained for breaches of this by law, the fines amounting to $170-

It has not yet been possible to make any spleen examinations in regard to children outside the various Hospitals, for

reasons given in the previous report-

(c)

(a)

(e)

Kala Azar does not exist in the Colony.

Filarial disease is uncommon in Hongkong; frequent blood examinations are made in all the Hospitals in search of these

parasites.

The training of nullahs in the vicinity of the City is still in progress and during 1911 the sum of $24,650 was spent for this work The total length of trained nullahs and cement channels built since the commencement of anti-malarial works in the Colony is 8.9 miles.

The staff remains as in 1910 seventeen Inspectors who give their whole time to sanitary work, ive rural Police who act also as Sanitary Inspectors, and 170 Interpreters, Foremen,

Artisans and coolies whose whole time is occupied in house

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