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Police Admissions to Hospital for Malaria.

From the City.

From rest of the Colony.

Total.

Average strength of Police force.

Percentage of strength.

1897,

160

630

25

1898,

121

630

19

1899,

239

770

31

1900,

167

223

390

929

42

1991,

243

164

407

920

44

1902,

121

55

176

919

19

1903,

83

84

167

921

18

1904,

40

67

107

993

11

1905,

42

85

127

1,018

12

1906,

37

37

74

1,017

Average

13

Average

32

The next Table shows the total deaths in the Colony from Malaria during each of the past ten years, and from this it will be seen that the average number of deaths has fallen from 552 in the quinquennium 1897 to 1901 to 354 in the quinquennium 1902 to 1906, in spite of the fact thay during the same time the population of the Colony has increased from 239, to 329.88.

Total Deaths from Malaria.

YEAR.

Denths in the City (Chinese

only).

Total Deaths.

1897,

302

554

1898,

280

530

1899,

218

546

1900,

242

555

1901,

281

574

1902,

189

425

1903,

152

300

1904,

90

301

1905,

87

287

1906,

448

Buday

Average

354

552

Rainfall in inches.

Total number

of wet days.

100.0

172

57.0

152

72.7

128

78.7

155

55.8

152

97.5

142

93.6

142

80.1

144

70.9

156

77.8

159

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