Table 1 Incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) in four residential care homes in Shatin over a 1-year period
Caritas(n = 256)Sage(n = 204)Shui On(n = 221)Cambridge(n = 90)Total(n = 771)
Total number with ILI83 (32.4)62 (30.4)86 (38.9)28 (31.1)259 (33.6)
Date of onset
    April1 (0.4)8 (3.9)11 (5.0)6 (6.7)26 (3.4)
    May5 (2.0)5 (2.5)11 (5.0)1 (1.1)22 (2.9)
    June7 (2.7)10 (4.9)4 (1.8)5 (5.6)26 (3.4)
    July10 (3.9)7 (3.4)7 (3.2)024 (3.1)
    August7 (2.7)1 (0.5)7 (3.2)2 (2.2)17 (2.2)
    September8 (3.1)5 (2.5)4 (1.8)1 (1.1)18 (2.3)
    October11 (4.3)3 (1.5)7 (3.2)2 (2.2)23 (3.0)
    November9 (3.5)4 (2.0)3 (1.4)1 (1.1)17 (2.2)
    December3 (1.2)2 (1.0)4 (1.8)2 (2.2)11 (1.4)
    Jan2 (0.8)4 (2.0)7 (3.2)2 (2.2)15 (1.9)
    Feb5 (2.0)5 (2.5)3 (1.4)2 (2.2)15 (1.9)
    Mar15 (5.8)8 (4.0)18 (8.2)4 (4.4)45 (5.9)
    April–June13 (5.1)23 (11.3)26 (11.8)12 (13.3)*74 (9.6)
    July–Sept25 (9.8)13 (6.4)18 (8.1)3 (3.3)59 (7.7)
    Oct–Dec23 (9.0)9 (4.4)14 (6.3)5 (5.6)51 (6.6)
    Jan–March22 (8.6)17 (8.4)28 (12.7)8 (8.9)75 (9.7)
  • Data are shown as n (%).

  • *Difference in numbers of ILI between homes according to four seasons, p = 0.026 (χ2 test).