William Francis STAINFIELD [1894-1898]
“DEATH.
At Kennedy Town Hospital, on the 20th April, of plague, WILLIAM FRANCIS, aged 3 years and 7 months, youngest son of EDWARD (?). STAINFIELD, Second Engineer of the steamer Hanoi.”
Everything tagged: bubonic plague
Photos tagged: bubonic plague
1894
1894
Pages tagged: bubonic plague
Frederick Edward MOONEY [1892-1896]
Son of Charles Mooney, Secretary of the Hong Kong Hotel
He was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery PL-Ref 933 Plot 06--/05/14-
"On Sunday there were thirteen cases of plague and yesterday there were twelve. Among yesterday's patients was a son of Mr. Mooney. The boy is about three years of age and he was first taken ill on Sunday morning. Dr. Hartigan attended him, but the little one, who was seen to be suffering from plague, died yesterday morning."
Source: Hong Kong Daily Press, page 2, 14th April 1896
Taipingshan Resumed Area [????-1895]
- Read more about Taipingshan Resumed Area [????-1895]
- 1 comment
- Log in or register to post comments
The land was resumed and the buildings were demolished by the government in the mid 1890's due to insanitary conditions of the area being responsible for the plague epidemic.
Full report on resumption by the Government dated 11th August 1896 online here (click link twice)
Did the idea of rat bins originate in India or Hong Kong?
Two of the photos that David comments on Gwulo include rat bins https://gwulo.com/atom/19435 and https://gwulo.com/atom/19412 Previous correspondence has focused on how late rat bins remained a feature of the Hong Kong landscape. Some current readers still remember them.