L'Asile de la Ste. Enfance.
101
RETURN OF DEATHS,—Continued.
L'Asile de la Ste. Enfance,
L'Asile De La Ste. Enfance,
(Continued.)
(Continued.)
Causes.
No.
Causes.
No.
Causes.
No.
Enteric Fever,
1
Brought forward, 270
Brought forward, 784
Cholera,
4
Inanition,
]
Heart Disease,
4
Diarrhoea,
40
Cancer,
1
Endocarditis,
1
Plague,
2
Tuberculosis,
82
Bronchitis,
37
Malarial Fever,
2
Congestion of Lungs,
1
Pneumonia,..
102
Syphilis,
26
Anæmia,.
5
Phthisis,
Opium poisoning,
Meningitis,
50
Pleurisy,
Exposure,
Apoplexy,
1
Empyema,
Rupture of Spleen,
1
Convulsions,
102
Enteritis,
Immaturity at Birth,
6
Tetanus,
262
Jaundice,
Debility,....
18
Hydrocephalus,
4
Marasmus,
166
Epilepsy,
Abscess of Throat, Undiagnosed,
- an en op 21 - O
3
1
Tabes Mesenterica,
2
Peritonitis,
Total........
953
Carried forward, 270
Carried forward, 784
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 23rd January, 1903.
FRANCIS W. CLARK,
Superintendent of Statistics.
C. McI. MESSER,
Acting Registrar General.
Report of the Sanitary Surveyor, for the Year 1902.
SANITARY BOARD OFFICES, HONGKONG, 19th January, 1903.
SIR,-I have the honour to forward herewith my Annual Report for the year 1902.
NEW HOUSE DRAINS.
1. Plans have been deposited and passed by me during the year for the drainage of 432 houses. The plans of 1,021 houses were carried forward from 1901 making a total of 1,453 in hand during the
year.
2. The drainage of 726 houses has been completed and the plans for 14 have been cancelled leav- ing 713 to carry forward to 1903.
3. In addition to the above, notices for repairs or additions to the drainage arrangements of 202 houses were carried forward from 1901, aud new notices were received for 417, making a total of 619 for the year. Of these, 525 have been completed, leaving 94 to be carried forward to 1903.
4. A summary of the above is appended in Tables A., B. and C.
INSPECTION OF PRIVATE HOUSE DRAINS.
5. The drains and sanitary fittings of 63 buildings have been tested and reported on.
Of this number, 42 required reconstructing and 21 amending.
Notices were served on the owners of the above 63 buildings calling upon them to execute the necessary work.
Of these, 59 have been complied with and the remaining 4 are in hand. 22,678 houses have been visited by the Drainage Inspector and Overseer, with the result that 2,026 drainage nuisances have been discovered.
Notices have been served in each case on the owner or occupier to abate the nuisance. 668 nuisances have been referred to the Honourable Medical Officer of Health and 340 to the Honourable Director of Public Works to be dealt with by them. 3,952 choked drain traps, on private property, have been cleansed by the Drainage Inspector.
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