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.

  • Hong Kong.
Date:
1903
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Credit: 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 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    Chu Kum, 52, M., hawker, No. 76, iSecond Street, ground door, reported sick on tlio 14tli of May ; took sick the Idtli of May, and died on the 15th O'! May. This man came from the ground floor of No. 4, Sheung’ Fung Lane on the 12th May and assisted in the washing out of this floor. He was nursed by a woman named Wong iSam, 'who also came from No. 4, Sheung Fung Lane. She reported sick on the IGth. See “ Wong Sam.” Plague. Un Kum Sze, 23, F., married woman. No. 3, Sheung Fung Lane, let 'floor, reported sick on the 4th May, and died on the 8th of May. She was not moved to the hospital as she was too ill. This woman also had a child suckling from the breast. It was taken away and put to nurse on the bottle. Tlie' child did not develop plague. The nine occupants were removed to the Observation Block in Kui Tan Lane. None of them de- veloped plague. Plague. Wong Sam, 28, F., married woman. No. 74, Second Street, ground floor, reported sick on the 16th of May; took sick on the 15th of May, and died on the 20th of May at the temporary hospital where she was removed to on reporting sick. She was the woman who originally came from No. 4, Sheung Fung Lane to 76, Second Street on the 12th May, and after moved to No. 74, Second Street, as a man named Chu Kum reported sick. Plague. Cheaiug Sam, 28, M,, gardener. No. 22, Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor, reported sick on the 19th of May; took sick on the 19th. This was not a case of plague, and he eventually recovered. Chun Kum, 55, M., hawker. No. 4, Sheung Fung Lane, ground floor, reported sick on the 19th of May ; took sick same day. He w^as removed to the temporary hospital and eventually recovered. This man was the uncle of Leung Siii and assisted in nursing her during the abseaice of the husiband. Plague. Tong Lum, 68, M., carpenter. No. 30, Second Street, 2nd floor, reported sick on the 25th May; had been sick since the 24th of May. Not plague. He was removed to the Tung Wah Hospital. Choi Koi, 29, M., hawker. No. 4, On Wai Lane, 1st floor, reported sick on the 29th of May ; had been sick since'the 23rd of May, and died on the 1st of June. This man had been treated by an outside Chinese doctor before reporting the ease to us. Eight occupants residled on this floor. This lane had been washed out once by us previoiis to the man reporting ill. Dis- infected by the usual process and occupants allowed to remain. Plague. Chung Yuen, 22, married woman, No. 94, Third Street, 1st floor, reported sick on the 31st of May. She had been sick