Further despatches respecting the bubonic plague in the colony / C. Bruce.

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1902
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    Further Despatches respecting the Bubonic plague in the Colony, (Presented to the Council of Government by command of H. E. the Governor.) Governor Sir C. Bruce. G.C.M.G., to the Right Honorable J. Chamberlain, M.P., Secretary oe State for the Colonies. Mauritius. Government House, No. 28. Mauritius, 13tli January, 1902. Sir, In continuation of my despatch No. 476 of the 14th December 1901, I have the honour to transmit, herewith, a copy of a report of the Acting Plague Authority, Dr, Barbeau, on the progress of plague from the lltli December 1901 to the 10th January instant. I have, &c. C. BRUCE. Governor. Plague Notes From December 11th, 1901 to January 10th, 1902. A further and marked decline has taken p’ace in theplague epidemic since my last report. The number of cases recorded during’the pa9t 31 days is 171 or an averag of 5.5 daily as compared with 273 and a dai'y average of for the previous 31 days. The figures for the corresponding periods of the preceding epidemics were 170 in 1900/01 and 72 in 1899/00 as is shown in the annexed tables which also give the distribution as well as tIn- fatality of the disease in the three epidemics and in two successive periods of the present outbreak. The seizures are divided as follows in accordance with the adopted classification : Nationalit}'. dead alive Total Remarks. Mauritians white.. 2 2 4 do. uon white. 39 20 59 Indians 64 37 101 Chinese 7 ... 7 Total ... 112 59 171 A fall has also taken place in the death-rate which has gone down from 69.2 o/o during the previous 31 days to 65.5 o/o. It was 70.2 and 70.8 o/o in the corresponding periods of 1900-1901 and 1899-1900 respectively. In regard to race, the incidence has remained proportion- ately high on the Creole population while it has continued to decrease among the Chinese community. Of the 171 registered cases 57 were first seen postmortem, 81 were treated in the public hospitals, 25 on private premises and 8 in estate hospitals. During the same period of time 333 contacts were segre- gated in the Government lazarets, 74 on private premises and