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Annexe G.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

The total register of new patients was 2,002, as against 2,464 in 1904; 2,196 in 1903; and 1,749 in 1902.

The number of old patients was 686, as against 1,005 in 1904; and 855 in 1903.

There have been 105 regular professional visits to the various outstations in the Territory.

Vaccinations performed free of cost: 75. There was no case of small-pox reported to me during the year.

Lepers. now 13 in number, have been regularly seen and treated. Ten of them are supplied with rice by the Government every day.

There was one birth of a leper girl on September. The baby was born with macules on her body. She was sent in to the Tung Wa Hospital by the order of the local Magistrate.

The number of malarial fever cases was 635, as against 552 in 1904; 525 in 1903; and 275 in 1902.

Table I shows the diseases treated at the Dispensary.

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Table I.

Diseases treated at Dispensary.

Disease of the Organs of Respiration,

No. of Cases.

145

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Circulation,

59

11

Digestion,

313

Disease of the lymphatic system,

urinary system,

21

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77

blood,

27

13-

muscles,

skin,

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eye,

ear,

General diseases :--

Beri-beri,...... Malarial Fever, Syphilis, Injuries,

5

103

166

183

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15

635

75

268

Total,

2,002