Hong Kong : bubonic plague : memorandum on the treatment of patients in their own homes and in local hospitals / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

Date:
1903
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Credit: Hong Kong : bubonic plague : memorandum on the treatment of patients in their own homes and in local hospitals / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and died on the 29th of June. Plague. 14 occupants resided on this floor. No further cases reported from them. House disinfected in the usual manner. Lai Chu, age 11, M., schoolboy, No. 109, Second Street, 1st floor, reported sick on the 7th oi July. Sick since the 6th of July, and died on the 7th July. Eight occupants. Lai Tak, 5, M., schoolboy, No. 109, Second Street, 1st floor, brother to the above, reported sick on the 7th July. Sick since1 the 6th July, and died on the 8th July. These two were re- moved to the temporary hospital when the cases were reported. During the day the younger boy was removed to Kennedy Town Hospital at the request of the parents, where he died; the following morning. The elder boy died the same day as it was reported at the temporary hospital. Chan Fung, 17, M., coolie, No. 67, Third Street, 2nd floor, reported dead; on the 26th of May. He came from the Aber- deen Brick Works sick on the 23rd of May to the above address. The fellow lodgers failed to make any report until he was dead. Plague. 17 persons resided on this floor. No further cases reported from them. House disinfected in the usual manner. A Lum, 44, M., coolie, No. 73, Second Street, .1st floor, re- ported dead on the 26tli oi May ; said to have been first taken sick on the 25th of May. This house had not been washed out by us. 15 persons occupied this floor. No further cases reported from them. Plague. Foo Chin, 38, F., married woman, 107, Second Street, 1st floor, reported sick on the 15th of July. Sick since the 9tli July. She hadl beeh ^pregnant nearly nine months. The hus- band is a ship’s fireman and is mostly absent. He returned on the 14th of July. On the 11th she went to see a doctor in the Central District. The bed boards of this house had been washed out by us twice. The woman was too ill to be removed. The other occupants, numbering nine persons, have been removed to No. 76, Second Street. It has been declared plague. She appears to be slightly better and is still under doctor’s care. I have, &c., T. H. GrIDLEY, Detective Inspector. To His Excellency Sir Henry A. Blake, G.C.M.G.