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At Hong Kong there appear to have been about 1,000 cases, with 900
deaths.
Plague also existed at Canton, Swatow, Foochow, and Amoy, and also in
the Kwang Tcheou territory.
Japan was also infected, but there was not any very extensive outbreak,
with the exception of Formosa, where there appear to have been about 3,000
cases, with about 2,300 deaths.
Other places infected were the Philippines, Straits Settlements, Singapore,
Penang, Saigon in Cochin China, Bangkok in Siam.
There were a few cases in Sydney, New South Wales, which were associated
with an outbreak of the disease amongst rodents in that town.
Cases occurred at Brisbane, Rockhampton, at Cairns and Queensland. In
South Australia only a single imported case occurred at Adelaide.
In Western Australia, at Fremantle, Geraldton and at Perth.
Plague existed also in New Caledonia and Noumea.
In South America Plague appears to have become endemic. Many places
in Brazil suffered, especially Rio de Janeiro. In the Argentine Republic a
few cases occurred at Buenos Ayres and San Nicolas. In Peru and Chili
several localities were infected.
Plague also occurred in Russia, in the government of Astrakhan and a few
other places, but there has been no outbreak in Western Europe.
In Africa, Egypt suffered more from Plague in 1906 than in 1905, the
towns particularly invaded being Alexandria, Port Said and Suez.
In South Africa the disease was discovered amongst rats and mice in several
localities.
A valuable Report has been issued by the Advisory Committee appointed
jointly by the Secretary of State for India, the Royal Society, and the Lister
Institute.
Elaborate experiments were carried out on a large scale, and it appears
to be definitely proved that the infection may be spread by means of the flea
which exists on the rat.
No cases of actual or suspected Plague were brought into the Port of
London.