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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH APRIL, 1905.
ANTI-MALARIAL MEASURES.
These have been continued throughout the year and comprise the training of nullahs in the following districts:-
Wongneichong Valley,
Neighbourhood of Whitfield,
Macdonnell Road, Eastern portion of,
South of Queen's Road adjacent to Military Cantonment,
Above Conduit Road,
South of Bonham Road,
Western District,
Botanical and Afforestation Department Nursery, and
K. I. L. 617 in Kowloon.
This appears to be a convenient time to recapitulate what has been done with regard to Anti-Malarial measures since 1901, the year in which this work was instituted.
The expenditure incurred under this heading by the Public Works Depart- ment is given in the following return which has been supplied to ine by the Hon. Director of Public Works :
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
Total.
Training Nullahs. $2,600.15 $2,099.85 $26,516.21 $36,731.07 $67,947.21
Combatting mosquitos. $1,591.72 $1,491.06 $6,787.44 $2,029.05 $11,899.27
To show how efficacious these measures have been, I give the admissions from malarial fever to the three Hospitals whose returns are given in these annual reports for the same number of years and also the number of deaths from malarial fever which have occurred in the Colony during these years :--
1. Admissions from malarial fever.
HOSPITAL.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
Government Civil Hospital,...
787
349
346
221
Gaol Hospital,
98
63
93
59
Tung Wah Hospital,
508
404
205
210
Total,
1,393
816
644
490
A diminutiou from 1,393 in 1901 to 490 in 1904.
2. Deaths from malarial fever :-----
Chinese.
Non-Chinese. Total.
1901,..... 1902.
541
33
574
393
32
425
1903,..........
1904,.
383
18
401
289
12
301
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