Reports from the Royal Society’s Kala Azar Commission in China. - No. 3.—Notes on Kala Azar in Shantung

Through the kindness of the authorities of the hospital of the Shantung Christian University Medical School, we have been able to examine the records of the hospital for the past six years, from July, 1920, up to the present date, and to collect together the data relating to 301 patients suffering from Kala Azar, admitted to the hospital during this period. The information contained in these records is summarized under the following heads:— (1) Sex Incidence.—Analysis of the records shows that, up to date, 270 males and 31 females were admitted into the hospital. These figures, however, cannot be considered to represent the truth regarding the sex incidence of the disease, as female patients are much less likely to be brought to hospital. But from local information from residents who have some knowledge of the disease, we gather that the disease is distinctly commoner among males.