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No figures are given to show the proportion of known success-
ful cases among those vaccinated see also Appendix H. page
27); such figures would have been interesting in connection
with the special campaign in January when, within twenty
two days, the very large number of 126,000 persons were
vaccinated, some apparently by non-medical hands.
Page 39. Report of Medical Officer of Health.
It is clear that the floating character of the
population of Hong Kong, especially among the Chinese, must
prevent the formation of reliable Health Statistics, while
incomplete registration of Chinese births, renders impossible
the calculation of the Infantile Mortality. Such figures as are
available, however, show a Chinese birth-rate of 6.25 p.m.
while the death-rate is as high as 25.47 p.m. (pages 42-43)
Page 44. "Respiratory Diseases" were responsible for 43.2% of the total
Chinese deaths, while Tuberculosis (all types) accounted for
14.4% of the Chinese death rate (page 49). These figures
together indicate the need of continuing such propaganda as is
found most effective in teaching personal Hygiene (see para.VIII
on page 8 of Report) and the necessity of dealing with
overcrowding as far as possible. This latter question is
further dealt with on page 70, where, however, the death-rate
from Tuberculosis is stated to be 12.47%.
Page 51. Beri-Beri. The steady increase during the last three years of
deaths from this cause is in accord with that reported from
other Far Eastern dependencies, such as the Straits Settle-
ments and Federated Malay States. In the absence of any
restriction of the consumption of over-milled rice, it would
appear that propaganda and teaching as to the nature of the
disease and the means of preventing it afford the most
promising methods of prophylaxis.
Page 53. Plague. With regard to the remarkably low infectivity amongst
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