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436. Hongkong.-The anti-malarial measures adopted in Hongkong appear to have
been only partial ones. Dr. Clark, the Medical Officer of Health for Hongkong, gives the
following figures regarding the admissions to hospitals from malaria and the mortality from
this cause. The improvement recorded is ascribed to the anti-malaria measures that have
been adopted in the city:-
Admissions to Hospitals.
Year.
Government Civil Hospital.
Tung Wah Hospital.
1896
516
No record.
1897
450
1,021
1898
344
865
1899
475
780
1900
679
1,220
1901
787
1,294
1902
349
752
1903
347
568
1904
221
433
1905
266
419
The admission of malaria among the Police.
Year.
Total average number of Police.
Total admission of malaria.
Ratio per 1,000.
1896
631
203
301
1897
630
160
254
1898
630
121
192
1899
770
639
310
1900
929
390
419
1901
920
407
442
1902
176
176
191
1903
921
167
181
1904
993
107
107
1905
1,018
127
124
Deaths from malaria in Hongkong.
Year.
Deaths in the city.
Total in Colony.
1896
290
533
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
Dr. Clark states regarding these figures-
" The rapid fall in the number of deaths from malaria within the city during
the second quinquennium is most gratifying, for it is naturally here that most of the
anti-mosquito work has been carried out. . . ."
437. Rio de Janeiro.-Mr. M. R. Pestana, the author of "Comment on assainit
un pays," gives the following figures as the recorded mortality from malaria at Rio de
Janeiro, before the commencement of the anti-mosquito work there:-
1900
1,019 deaths from malaria.
1901
932
1902
1,217
Genl 483-A
436. Hongkong.-The anti-malarial measures adopted in Hongkong appear to have
been only partial ones. Dr. Clark, the Medical Officer of Health for Hongkong, gives the
following figures regarding the admissions to hospitals from malaria and the mortality from
this cause. The improvement recorded is ascribed to the anti-malaria measures that have
been adopted in the city:-
Admissions to Hospitals.
Year.
Government Civil Hospital.
Tung Wah Hospital.
1896
516
No record.
1897
450
1,021
1898
344
865
1899
475
780
1900
679
1,220
1901
787
1,294
1902
349
752
1903
347
568
1904
221
433
1905
266
419
The admission of malaria among the Police.
Year.
Total average number of Police.
Total admission of malaria.
Ratio per 1,000.
1896
631
203
301
1897
630
160
254
1898
630
121
192
1899
770
639
310
1900
929
390
419
1901
920
407
442
1902
176
176
191
1903
921
167
181
1904
993
107
107
1905
1,018
127
124
Deaths from malaria in Hongkong.
Year.
Deaths in the city.
Total in Colony.
1896
290
533
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
Dr. Clark states regarding these figures-
" The rapid fall in the number of deaths from malaria within the city during
the second quinquennium is most gratifying, for it is naturally here that most of the
anti-mosquito work has been carried out. . . ."
437. Rio de Janeiro.-Mr. M. R. Pestana, the author of "Comment on assainit
un pays," gives the following figures as the recorded mortality from malaria at Rio de
Janeiro, before the commencement of the anti-mosquito work there:-
1900
1,019 deaths from malaria.
1901
932
1902
1,217
Genl 483-A
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