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Plague.

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There were no cases of plague notified during 1926. date of the notification of the last case of this disease in the Colony was September 27th, 1923.

The Colony has therefore been assumably free from plague for well over three years.

The last notification of a plague infected rat was on Sptember 17th, 1923.

The following table shows the monthly incidence of plague for the last ten years.

Month.

January...

February,

1917. 1918. 1919, 1920, 1921, 1929. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926.

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4

3

2

1

1

23

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March,

30

7+

2

April.

94

9

247

10

May.

171

28

28

454

47

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84

132

56

64 237

49

July,

103

26

20

24 77

28

August.

23

September.

6

3

29 8

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3

October,

2

7

November.

3

December,

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Cholera.

No case of locally acquired Cholera has been notified in the Colony since. September 1922.

Three cases were reported during 1926, all were imported. One case being Non-Chinese and two Chinese.

Small-pox.

The incidence of this disease was very slight during 1926. The total number of cases notified being 49 of which 31 only were local cases, 17 were imported and one being from the New Territories.

The Non-Chinese cases numbered 4 of which 2 were imported.

The following table shows the monthly incidence of Sinall- pox for the last 10 years.

MONTHLY PREVALENCE OF SMALL-POX 1917 To 1926.

Month

1917

1918

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Total.

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464 138 150 1181, 148

cases of Plague recorded in the Colony since the discovery here of this disease in 1894 are given in the following table.

May

June

Year

Cases

Year

Cases

1894

*5,000

1910

25

1895

44

1911

269

1896

1,204

1912

1,857

1897

21

1913

408

1898

1,320

1914

2.146

1899

1,486

1915

144

1900

1,087

1916

39

1901

1,651

1917

38

1902

572

1918

266

1903

1,415

1919

464

1904

510

1920

138

1905

272

1921

150

1906

893

1922

1,181

• 1907

240

1923

148

1908 1909

1,073

1924

135

1925

1926

*This is an estimate and is probably much too low.

January

358

February

176

March

38

April

18

July

August

September. October....

November..

December

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11

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6

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3 133

7

6

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255

6

3

38

137

6

62

47

14

61

14

91

40

19

29

165

397

5

0 407

1

Total

595

32

27 34 191

212. 1320

913

66

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Cerebro Spinal Fever.

The incidence of this disease during 1926 continued to be slight. The cases notified numbered 14 of which 13 were local cases and 1 was imported.

The Chinese cases numbered 13 of which 1 was imported there being 1 Non-Chinese case.

The following table shows the monthly incidence of Cerebro Spinal Fever for each year since it was first notified in 1918.

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