Fire-cracker injury to the eyes in Hong Kong.

THE colony of Hong Kong occupies a land area of 398k square miles. The total population at end of 1964 was estimated to be 3,739,900, 85 per cent. being concentrated in the urban areas of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. On the basis of language and place of origin about 98 per cent. could be described as Chinese. Thus Chinese custom and traditions predominate in Hong Kong. One such custom is to discharge fire-crackers during the Chinese New Year. From 1960 to 1965, a period of 6 years, 262 cases of fire-cracker injury to the eyes were recorded at Government Clinics.