The proceedings at the meeting of the Sanitary Board on the 19th inst. were almost devoid of interest. According tothe returns forwarded by the Acting British Consul at Tamsui, which showed that out of 60 cases of plague only 22 deaths occurred, it would seem, the Secretary says, that bubonic plague in Formosa is much less virulent or that the natives of that island have much greater powers of endurance than those of Kuangtung. The death rate forthe week ending the 7th of November being 80.1 per thousand per annum as against 29.8 for the same week in 1895, the Medical Officer of Health explained that this high rate was due to the inclusion of 17 dear which occurred from choleraic diarrhea on board the steamer Chang Hok Kwan on her arrival from Singapore. The following week the death rate was 27.7, which included 19 deaths from the same cause on the same steamer.
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