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The distribution of the deaths throughout the year was as follows:-
January, February,
·
30
18
July, August,
84
..100
March,
24
September,......
88
April,
66
October,.
61
May, June,..
104
November,
63
56
December,
41
298
437
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The total number of cases of infectious disease reported by registered medical practitioners during the year was 758, of which 510 were cases of Plague. The following Tables show the number of cases of each disease reported during each quarter of the year, and the general distribution of the cases throughout the Colony.
INFECTIOUS NATIONA-
DISEASES.
LITY.
1ST QUARTER
2ND
3RD
4TH QUARTER... QUARTER. QUARTER.
TOTAL.
Chinese,
7
367
124
507
Plague,
510
Other Asiatics,
2
3
Enteric
European,
22
10
17
54
Chinese,
5
42
55
129
Fever,
•
Other Asiatics, -
5
4
20
Chinese,
1
35
40
Cholera,
41
Other Asiatics,
European,..
3
1
Small-pox, Chinese,
15
35
54
64
Other Asiatics, .
2
1
5
Diphtheria,
European,
1
6
Chinese,
1
Puerperal
Chinese,
1
1
Fever,
Other Asiatics,
Scarlet
European,
N
Fever,...Chinese,
I
57
464
156
81
758
DISTRIBUTION OF CASES.
CITY OF VICTORIA HEALTH DISTRICTS.
41 0
Kow-
loon.
9 10 11 12
Harbour.
Plague,....... 15 25 17 14 11 14 12 31 14951 25 49
Enteric Fever, 7 17 13 5 3
4 5 3 8 4 5
Cholera,
Small-pox,.
Diphteria,.... 2
Scarlet Fever,
:
2 22
1
N
100
3
3
...
:
11 4
10
2
1
Puerperal Fever,....
:
:
PLAGUE.
New
Territory.
Villages of
Hongkong.]
No.
Address.
Imported.
25
45
23
4
05.
3
14
1
3
1
33
3
1
1
2
1
C
1
1
5.
1
:
1
I
1
Dr. W. W. PEARSE, who acted as Medical Officer of Health in my absence on leave during the greater part of the year, has submitted an exhaustive report on the Plague incidence during the year, so that further comment on this subject is unnecessary here.
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