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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 gard to Anti-Malarial measures since 1901, the year in which this work was stituted.

The expenditure incurred under this heading by the Public Works Depart- ment is given in the following return which has been supplied to me by the HOD. 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

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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 diminution from 1,393 in 1901 to 490 in 1904.

2. Deaths from malarial fever :-

1901,... 1902,...

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Total.

541

53

= 574

393

32

425

1908,.

383

18

401

1904,.

289

12

301