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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 8. 235.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hong Kong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Government Notification.
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.
Inspections outside the ports from 1st April. Steerage passengers must comply with the vaccination requirements.
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,
No. S. 301.
1926.
Amoy.
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of 25th January,
No. S. 31.
smallpox:
1938.
Manila, Philippine
Do.
27th January, 1938.
No. S. 37.
Islands.
Formosa.
Do.
10th February, 1938.
No. S. 48.
French
Do.
Indo-China.
30th January, 1938.
No. S. 55.
Swatow.
Do.
23rd February, 1938.
No. S. 66.
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.
Federated
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of 31st December,
smallpox.
No. S. 7.
1938.
Do.
Malay States.
28th December, 1938.
No. S. 14.
Tientsin.
Do.
17th March, 1939.
No. S. 136.
Tientsin.
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of
cholera.
16th May, 1939.
No. S. 219.
The Nether- lands Indies.
Do.
20th May,
1939.
No. S. 220.
British North Borneo.
Singapore.
Hong Kong declared a "suspected port on account
of cholera.
9th May, 1939.
No. S. 232.
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of
cholera.
22nd May, 1939.
No. S. 233.
2nd June, 1939.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.