CO129-400 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [3-4] — Page 362

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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served

2.710

January

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

foregoing Table.

16. Monthly Table of rainfall.

2.435

February

4.345

March

3.995

April

3.940

May

14.160

June

7.556

July

December

Total in inches)

15.715

August

3.880

September

0.015

October

0.285

November

4.900

17. (a)

No further legislation has been introduced to prohibit

the breeding of mosquitoes; & copy of the byelaw in force

was sent with the Report for 1910. During the past year

fourteen convictions were obtained for breaches of this

byelaw, the fines amounting to $54.

(b) It has not yet been possible to make any spleen exami-

nations in regard to children outside the various Hos-

pitals, for reasons given in the previous report.

Kala Azar does not exist in the Colony.

(c)

(a)

(e)

Filarial disease is uncommon in Hong Kong, frequent blood examinations are made in all the Hospitals in search of

these parasites.

The training of nullahs in the vicinity of the City le

still in progress and during 1912 the sum of $27,225 was

spent for this work. The total length of trained nullshe

and cement channels built since the commencement of anti-

malarial works in the Colony is 10.2 miles.

The staff remains as in 1911. Nineteen Inspectors who

926*29

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