Daring January there were a large number of eases of typhoid fever and small-pox among the foreign population, but neither disease assumed epidemic proportions.
Fourteen cases of typhoid fever and fifteen of small-pox wore notified and there was one death from each of these diseases among the Among the Chinese y-seven, doeths from small-ox, of which fifteen occurred in the English Settlement and tirelve in the Hongkew trict.
large number of re-vaccinations, which have At the present time, on, account of, the been effected with vaccine prepared in this laboratory, any further large number of cases of small-pox among the foreiga population is an bility.
With regard to typhoid fever some further effort should be made by the foreign residents to prevent this essentially preventable disease, by the thorough cooking of all food derived all water, milk, and vegetables used; the from local sources, including the boiling of absolute separation before cooking of fresh vegetables from the rest-of the food and the ensuranee among the Chinese servants of the proper scalding with boiling water of table utensils, Nothing which has been subjected to the temperature of boiling water can convey the infection of typhoid fever wit present li incidence of t period, which entails the more profuse wat fever is probably due to the prolan ing of vegetables in the Chinese gardens with the universally used liquid}; manure derived from human focal matters, which is often little more than a suspension of the essential cause of typhoid fever. Not only has a large quantity of this dangerous material been used during the dry weather, but also there has been little or no rain to wash it off the leaves of the vegetables.
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