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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 8. 188.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hong Kong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Philippine Ports.
All ports in the United States of America, including the Hawaiian Is- lands.
Inspections outside Manila harbour from 20th April. Third class passengers and new crew must comply with the vaccination requirements.
1st April.
Inspections outside the ports from
Steerage passengers must comply with the vaccination requirements.
Date.
Reference to Government
Notification.
16th April, 1924.
30th April,
1926.
Bangkok.
Vessels detained at river mouth and passengers and crew vaccinated unless they can produce evidence of successful recent vaccination.
29th October, 1926.
No. S. 301.
Amoy.
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of
Smallpox.
25th January, 1938.
No. S. 31.
Manila,
Do.
Philippine
Islands.
27th January, 1938.
No. S. 37.
Formosa.
Do.
10th February, 1938.
No. S. 48.
French Indo-China.
Do.
Swatow.
Do.
30th January, No. S. 55.
1938.
23rd February,
No. S. 66.
1938.
Chefoo.
Do.
15th March, 1938.
No. S. 96.
Bangkok, Siam.
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of
Cholera.
1st July, 1938.
No. S. 200.
Chefoo.
Do.
29th July,
1938.
No. S. 279.
Straits
Settlements.
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of 31st December,
smallpox.
No. S. 7.
1938.
Federated
Do.
Malay States.
28th December, 1938.
No. S. 14.
Tientsin.
Do.
17th March, 1939.
No. S. 136.
5th May, 1939.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.