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11. Only 5 cases of plague are known to have occurred since the day on which the first case was reported, viz., the 29th of April. Not a single case has been reported since the 10th of May. Particulars of these 5 cases will be found in schedule B.

12. 14 persons from infected prenises were provided with accommodation in the "marriage" boats. or native marine hotels hired for this service and anchored at the back of Stone Cutter's Island. No sickness developed among those segregated. On the 8th of May the last batch was released..

Mezzanine Floors and Cubicles.

13. In schedule C will be found a statement of the progress that has been male in the eight Health Districts of the City of Victoria in enforcing compliance with the provisions of section 7 of Ordinance 15 of 1891. In all 1,705 notices to remove either the cubicles or cocklofts have been served. A very large number of petitions for permission to allow cubicles and cocklofts to co-exist, which the Board has power to give, have been received. A considerable time must necessarily elapse before the law on this subject has been fully enforced throughout the City. In many instances where compliance with the law will involve considerable structural alterations the parties concerned have placed the matter in the hands of their architects.

Basements.

14. Notices in writing of intention to take legal proceedings after a stated time have been served on the actual tenants, householders and owners of 95 basement rooms in illegal occupation as dwellings. The exact situation of each basement is set forth in schedule D. This return does not include a large number of basements which when first inspected were found to be inhabited and were subsequently vacated after the law had been explained to the occupants and a verbal warning conveyed. A com- plete descriptive return of all basements in the City and the uses to which they are applied is in preparation.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

WM. C. H. HASTINGS,

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Acting Capt. Supt. of Police, W. EDWARD CROW,

The Secretary,

SANITARY BOARD.

Asst. Sanitary Supt.

SANITARY BOARD, HONGKONG, 21st October, 1895.

SIR-Referring to our report dated the 7th of June (Government Notification No. 276 of 1895) we have now the honour to submit, for the information of the Board, the following further particulars of the progress of the special work entrusted to our joint directions.

HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION,

2. On the 1st of June the original detachment, consisting of 24 Police and 15 soldiers told off for this service, was reduced to 27 men working in three sections. Each section consisted of 4 soldiers, including 1 non-commissioned officer, and 4 Chinese constables in charge of an European Police constable. On the 15th of June the services of two of the sections were dispensed with, and to the remaining section was allotted the duty of visiting houses in the worst part of the City in the morning and in the afternoon of ncting the destination of the passengers arriving by the Canton steamers. This section continued to discharge these duties until the end of July when the services of the Police and Military were discontinued.

3. The night steamers from Canton have been regularly watched by a detachment of Police in charge of Detective Inspector QUINCEY.

4. In appendix A will be found a statement of the number of houses inspected and of the number of passengers tracked to their destination. In all 15,147 inspections of houses have been made anl 6,006 passengers from Canton followed to their destination after leaving the steamers.

5. It is gratifying to be able to report that the attitude of the public during the examination of houses by the search parties has been friendly throughout and that the conduct of those engaged on the service has been good. Although none of the house visitation parties discovered any cases of

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