In presenting this report for the fall of 1898 to August, 1899, I have much pleasure in stating that the amount of illness has been considerably less than last year, although the population has decidedly increased, 2 This, I believe, is due to the great pre: cautions residents have taken in boiling all milk and water, and in providing suitable wearing apparel for themselves and children; the much improved condition of the milk, meat, vegetable, and fruit supply.
There have been but very few deaths, and none of these due to Kuling climatic influences. The number of births has been much larger than in any previous year, this mountain resort thus solving the serious problem of child-birth during the tropical heat in mid-China.
Patients suffering from various maladies, chiefly malaria, bowel-trouble, and exhaustion, have made rapid recoveries on arriving of Kuling, thus clearly demonstrating the absolute need and the blessings of such a sanatorium,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.