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Table B.

RETURN OF PLAGUE CASES IN DISINFECTING STAFF.

136

NAME, AGE AND ADDRESS.

1. ALI ISMAIL, (Indian) aged 18, Foreman of rat-catchers, lived at No. 143, Hollywood Road.

SENT TO HOSPITAL OR MORTUARY ON

DIED ON

DISCHAR-

GED ON

15th April to Kennedy Town Hospital.

16th April,|

1903.

2. FRANCIS MOVERTY (Eurasian) aged 20, Foreman of Rat-cat- chers, lived at No. 26 Gough Street.

9th May to Kennedy Town Hospital.

11th May,

1903.

3. No PIN, aged 22, Artisan, lived at Disinfecting Station.

4. HO CHOY, aged 25, Rat-catching Coolie, lived at Disinfecting Station.

5. PUN PUI, aged 28, Disinfecting Coolic, lived at Disinfecting Station.

6. JOHN WHITE, aged 23, alias HUNG WAH, (Chinese Eurasian) employed as a Foreman of Cleansing Coolies, lived at 42 Pottinger Street.

9th May to Tung Wah and sent on same dato to Kennedy Town Hospital.

9th May to Government 11th May. Civil Hospital thence to Kennedy Town Hos-

pital on the 9th May. 22nd May to Kennedy Town Hospital.

24th May to Public Mor- 24th May. tuary.

HISTORY AND REMARKS.

This man had been employed as a foreman of rat-catchers in No. 3 Health District. He was living at No. 143 Hollywood Road. Plague was prevalent in this street at this time, a case occurred next door (145) on 28th March and in No. 151 on 2nd April. This man had friends living at 197 Queen's Road East, he had previously lived in this house himself. Plague occurred in 191 Queen's Road East on 19th March. The deceased was absent from duty on the 9th April, which was apparently the date when he first felt sick. He had been in the employ of the Board since five months. He had not been inoculated. This man had been employed as a foreman rat-catcher since April 3rd in No. 9 Health District. He took sick with headache on May 7th and on the 9th he went to Kennedy Town Hos- pital. Plague was prevalent in Gough Street at this time. Cases had occurred at Nos. 16 and 32 on April 14th and 25th respectively (one case each house). Last year's return shew 9 cases in this street. The house in which the deceased lived was in a delapidated and rat riddled condition. This man was inoculated with Haffkine's prophylactic on the 17th April. 19th May. This man had been employed since April 9th. He worked in Health Districts 7 and 8 as a car- He first took sick on May 9th. He always wore shoes penter with the cleansing gangs. at his work. He had been inoculated on the 17th April. He was admitted to the Obser- vation Shed at the Disinfecting Station on the 9th of May in the morning. At 3.30 p.m. he was sent to Hospital and is returned as admitted to Kennedy Town Hospital on this same date.

This man had been employed as a rat-catching coolic since April 1st of this year. He did not wear boots as there were none in stock at the time. He was employed in No. 1 Health Dis- trict. He had been inoculated on April 17th. He was found to be sick on the 9th May in his quarters at the Disinfecting Station with a temperature of 104° F. 31st May. This man had been employed as a disinfecting coolie since 3rd January He first

this year. took sick on May 22nd and was admitted to the Observation Shed at the Disinfecting Station at 8 a.m. and was sent at 11 a.m. to hospital with a temperature of 104° F. He had lately been employed in disinfecting No. 50 East Street where a Plague case occurred on May 18th. He had been supplied with boots but avoided wearing them as much as possible. He had been inoculated on April 21st.

This man had been employed since April 28th, and had lately worked in No. 9 Health District. He took sick apparently on the 15th May for he then left work and went to his house where he died on the 24th May. There was a case of Plague in the next house (No. 40) on April 25th. He is said to have been an opium smoker and a frequenter of opium divans. He had not been inoculated.