The Settlement Commissioner of Public Health reports for September that from the health standpoint, the month was a quiet one showing improvement on the previous months.
Cholera continued to' drop rapidly during this period and towards the end of the month had assumed comparatively unimportant proportions. it is of interest to note that the refugee camps under the supervision of the department showed a very low incidence of cholera throughout the whole epidemic though in the case Of a minority, disciplinary measures in ce-operation with the concerned Societies, were necessary to attain the desirable state of affairs.
(Dysentery also dropped a certain extent though less so in proportion amongst the foreign population, than amongst the Chinese. It was however, still extremely prevalent but not to.such an extent as to cause grave anxiety.
(Cremations were continued; 4,782 coffins being cremated during the month. The total coffins removed in One Way or another from the Settlemeht increased to 90,908 as from the beginning of the hostilities.
An increase in diphtheria was to be noted amongst, the Chinese population which is due to seasonal incidence.
Refugee Camps Cleaned up Advantage was taken of the fact thay comparative absence of cholera released certain disinfection vans, in order to disinfest certain refugee camps with the objec, of delousing the, inhabitants before the typhus season appeared. During the month six camps were dealt with; 3,303 refugees contained therein were given a bath, had their clothes, etc, disinfested, and 36 rooms were also treated. It is hoped in this way, by attacking the problem before the appearance of the flisease to modify in his room at the Palace Hotel where he is staying after his harrowing experiences.
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