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.”<Read more ...>
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 <Read more ...>
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) <Read more ...>
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. <Read more ...>
