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At the height of the fever, the pulse very often became weak and intermittent with marked cardiac dyspnea, strychnine hypodermically was found very useful at this stage in doses of two to four minims of the hypodermic solution given twice or thrice in twenty-four hours.
Morphia bypodermically in doses of or grain gave the best results in the delirious stage.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Incidence of the Disease.
The following table gives the proportion of cases occurring, amongst the Chinese, in the whole population, that is the proportion of attacks to population.
District.
No. of Cases
among Chinese.
Estimated Population Chinese only.
Rate per 1,000 of Population.
Total Cases. Total Deaths.
Percentage Mortality.
City of Victoria, No. 1,
41
7,250
6.6
48
38
79.3
No. 2,
178
20,440
9.3
191
164
85.9
No. 3,
20
>>
2,610
9.9
26
18
69.2
No. 4,
147
24,390
6.0
155
142
91.6
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No. 5,
115
37
41,330
2.8
116
113
97.4
No. 6,
84
30,200
2.7
84
76
90.5
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No. 7,
134
20,560
6.5
135
125
92.6
No. 8,
22
7,620
2.8
23
20
86.9
Kowloon,
181
32,200
5.6
189
160
84.6
Victoria Peak,
10
1,600
6.2
10
10
100.0
Shaukiwan,
32
11,300
2.8
32
27
84.4
Aberdeen,
10
8,060
1.4
11
11
100.0
Stanley,
2
1,610
1.2
2
2
100.0
Boats,
121
17,540
6.9
121
119
98.3
Quarantine Station,...
6
6
5
83.3
Merchant steamers,
34
35
34
97.1
H. M. Navy,
2
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2
100.0
No address,
18
18
12
66.6
Totals,.
1,157
226,710
5.1
1,204
1,078
89.5
The total case mortality is from this table 89.5 per cent., as will be seen that in those admitted to the Hospital is only 74 per cent.
The cases occurring in No. 3, Health District were chiefly coolies employed by European house- holders as there are no Chinese houses in this district, they must probably have contracted the disease in the other parts of the city.
Under 5 years,
5 to 10
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15
20
20
25
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25
35
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35
45
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11
45
55
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55
65
35
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65 75.
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75 and upwards,
Age Period.
Age in relation to Mortality.
Number attacked.
Deaths.
Mortality per cent.
41
* 8 8 3 + 2
17
28
65
62
90
65
* ~ * ~ 7 8 9
13
76.47
19
67.85
30
73.17
52
80.00
47
75.80
63
70.00
49
75.38
32
22
68.75
19
15
78.94
6
4
66.66
2
2
100.00
Totals,......
427
316
74.00
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