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Early 1945 - life, or rather, death, in Hong Kong

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Submitted by patricia on Sun, 2016-09-11 07:51

Staying up far too late to scroll through the trove that is St Michael's interment lists - many thanks indeed, Brian! - I am interested in 1945.  There are, at the end of December, between 3 - 6 burials a day, almost exclusively Chinese, although occasionally a Portuguese name appears.  Then mid to late Jan 45 the number starts to rise - 10, 15 and even over 20 each day.  By February it has dropped back again.  Has anyone a quick answer ... I assume ? typhoid?  had broken out badly.

 

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Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2016-09-11 08:10.

Just guessing. Perhaps due to American bombing raids as noted here in January 1945.