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AVERAGE LIQUIDITY DURING MONTH

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1975

48.60%

DEPOSITS

MILLION

DEMAND

9,205

TIME

13,512

SAVINGS

11,795

34,512

HEALTH REPORT FOR JULY

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HEALTH RETURNS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SHOW NOTABLE REDUCTIONS IN THE INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

THE UPSURGE IN THE NOTIFICATION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS DURING THE SPRING/SUMMER TIME OF THE YEAR HAS SUDSIDED SINCE LAST MONTH. DURING THE MONTH UNDER REVIEW, 150 CASES VERE RECORDED COMPARED WITH 228 IN JUNE AND 345 IN MÁY.

REDUCTIONS IN THE INCIDENCE OF BACILLARY DYSENTERY, ENTERIC FEVER, TUBERCULOSIS AND MOST OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES WERE ALSO OBSERVED.

THERE WERE EIGHT IMPORTED CASES OF MALARIA IN JULY WHILE THE RECORDS OF POLIOMYELITIS AND DIPHTHERIA REMAINED CLEAN.

OF THE 54 DEATHS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH, 49 WERE FROM TUBERCULOSIS, TWO FROM VIRAL HEPATITIS AND THREE FROM TETANUS.

HONG KONG CONTINUED TO BE FREE FROM CHOLERA AND OTHER QUARANTINABLE DISEASES DURING THE MONTH.

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