MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1931.
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA, HOTEL;
HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL:
PEAK HOTEL
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL;
HOTELS,
LIMITED
In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagona Lits, Peking.
THE HARBOUR VIEW PRIVATE HOTEL,
9-12. Chatham Road, Kowloon. Finest Situation on the Peninsula. Large Airy Rooms with Fall Beneft of the Cool Sea Breezes. Unequalled Cuisine.
Cable Add. Phone
"Harview." Tel. 56754.
Proprietress:-Mrs. Gardiner.
MARBLE HALL
21, Nathan Rd., Kowloon. Tel, 57089,
A Select Private Hotel furnished with an eye to the comfort of its Tenants. Single and double suites of rooms with private bath- rooms attached.
K. FUJIYAMA
PHOTOGRAPHER
ANNOUNCES HIS REMOVAL
Το
2, WYNDHAM STREET,
3rd floor.
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FIGHTING DISEASE
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THE CHINA MAIL.
Singapore International Clearing House.
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LEAGUE ACTIVITIES.
Through the generosity of the
Rockefeller Foundation money was made available, and such a clear- ing house established at Singapore In 1925 us part of the League's organisation. The first Dircetar was Dr. Brooke.
"In these days of rapid transit it will be readily understood that the health of the people of one country is to a certain extent de pendent of the health of the people of other countries with whom thero is communication by air, land and to arrange
sea."
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Butcher Meat. Sirloin
Prime Cut
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Roast
Breast
Soup
Steak
Stork Sirloin Sausages
BuBock's Brains
Under his guidance the Bureau was established with the following alm, viz., to bring into touch with Beef Que another all the Health Ad- ministrations over: a wide area strotching from Vladivostock to Fort Said on the one hand, and from South Africa and the East. Coast of Africa Canal including the whole Austral- Pacific Zone on the other hand. Naturally it took some little time with all the ad- ministrations concerned for the de- The above statement was made sired information to be centraliz by Dr. C. L. Park of the League of ; but to-day regular communica
Far Eastern
Health tions are being received from Bureau, in a lecture he delivered administrations which include 147,
ports. at the weekly lunchean meeting of
Should it happen that plague, the Rotary Club of Singapore.
The mandate of the Health Or- cholera or smallpox occur in any ganisation contained in Article 23 of these ports which has been free of the Covenant, said Dr. Park, from them for a period of three provided that members of the weeks or more, the Bureau is ims League shall "take steps in mat mediately notified by eable, and this ters of international concern for information is followed by regular the prevention and control of weekly cables so long as the out- Supplementary In- disease."
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his remarks to one section of the formation is forwarded each week Pig's Chillings League's health work, namely, the by post so that the Bureau knowe, 'not only that the disease exists, but Medical Intelligence Section.
" extent and pro- At their first meeting the Health also its source, Committee of the League consider- gress as well as the measures taken to control it. A special code: has ed the question of organising a more rapid interchange of informa been devised to maintain the con- tion regarding the health of coun- fidential nature of the information tries, and especially regarding in- forwarded and also to save expense fectious and epidemic diseases. in cabling. The speaker continued: This led
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a Service of Epidemiological In- disease persists cable each week Sheep's Head & Foot .. telligence and Public Health Statis- the number of cases and deaths tice which receives current official from plague (including infected the prevalence of rats); cholera, small-pox, yellow reports on
communicable disesse fever, typhus, or Cerebro-spinal Sucking Pigs, to order notifiable
countries meningitis, which have occurred in Suet, Beef ... from practically all where such information is avail the week ending on the previous able. This is published and dis- Saturday at midnight.
The Bureau is also informed by tributed to all health administra- tions weekly, or in case of post of the general condition of the epidemics, daily. Monthly and public health of the countries in annual reports are also prepared the Eastern zone, of the prevalence and distributed giving confirma of other infections and general tory reports and detailed informa- diseases; of any quarantine restric- tion of the position of the World tione placed on arrivals of infected Bream
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Plague in the East, Countries in the East have been for years, not only the homes of
Notifications of first cases in, a Cuttie Fish epidemic diseases, but what is very port are cabled immediately to the Dab important, also the centres for dis- administrations of ports in regular Dace tribution; for example the communication with the infected Dog Fish epidemic of Plague that has caused one, Geneva is advised and im- Eels, Conger millions of deaths was probably mediately informs Paris in ac conveyed by, shipping from Hong cordance with Internationai obliga- Kong. Consequently, it is not to tions. A broadcast message is Frogs be wandered at, that, in the early transmitted from Malabar in cicar Garoups days of the existence of the for the benefit of ships masters and Gudgeon League's health organisation it was medical officers and this is repeat. Harrings decided to collect information re- ed daily for seven days. Ex Halibut garding the prevalence of diseases, perience has shown that these Labrus especially those of international messages can be picked up from Ioach... Importance, in the largest ports of Japan to the Red Sea."
Lobsters
the East, and to consider the Cabled notifications of the wosk-Mackerel measures taken to prevent their ex- ly number of cases of diseases in Monk Fish portation.
ports are broadcast in code every Mullet
to Prawns
Roach
It was soon manifest that the Friday from Saigon. This broad-Oysters appearance and prevalence of such cast is picked up and retransmitted Parrot Fish diseases was not being. communi- by Malabar and. Tananarive and Perch cated to the countries most con- Nauen every Saturday.
17. coun- Pike cerned quickly enough to allow tries pick up the Saigon message, Plaice measures of defence to be taken 12 that from Tananarive
and Pomfret, White against their introduction.
6 that from Malabar. To those ad- Pomfret, Black If health administrations know ministrations that are unable that particular ports or countries pick up the broadcast, cables are Bay ...**** are aflicted by epidemic disease despatched every Thursday. They Rock Fish and the merchandise and people number 9 only.' are constantly arrlying from these
A summary of the code broad-Salmon places, they can take" definito cast is transmitted in clear from Shark measures both in respect of their Malabar and repeated daily for the Ekate own population, and of the ships, ensuing week. This broadcast is Shrimps goods and people who arrive, to picked up by Hong Kong and Takye, Sauppar prevent the danger to themselves. and retransmitted on Fridaya and Soles In the case of plague, for example, by Karachi, Madras, Sandakan and Tanch they can, as rate are the medium Shanghai and re-transmitted esch of transmission; "carry out routine Saturday... measures for the destruction of the
In addition to these cables and rodents in their own ports. They broadcasts, a printed summary is
ashore.
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can, further, take such precaution prepared anch Friday and despatching out in the realms of medical He said "The World is richer by the twenty-four successful candidates ary measures in regard to arriving ad (about 500 copies) to all health research.
these visits-It is not only a ques for administrative posts of the civil vessels as are deemed necessary to administrations, ports and other in- There is also another, phase of tion of an Interchange of ideas but service class (one which was once prevent, rats being conveyed terested people in the Eastern the work that produces close, con tightening of the bonds which we monopolised by boys from the great operation between health adminis hope will eventually make for a public schools) were only six represen brotherhood of all tatives from public schools, of which In some ports for example, every
trations, viz., Interchanges of universal. vessel coming from a plague- Another important function is Health personnel. The Bureau peoples and Nations. A spark may three were from Winchester. Most of infected port is submitted to fumi-
elementary and secondary gation measures designed to kill the transmission of information re last year carried out an Inter- kindle a conflagration but also may the successes being scored by scholars rats before being allowed to unload garding infected vessels. Should change of Fort Health Officers in a kind thought or deed spread to from
Eastern Ports.
the uttermost ends of the earth.
The public school boy's bad language their cargo, also arrangements a vessel arrive with disease on
denounced A. Lington, countries board at any important port in this This meant Inviting Health Au- could be made between strook area, the bureau is immediately thorities to choose an official who tration and procedure in company measures to prevent rats being notified and transmits the informs would study, port health adminis conveyed on board during cargo tion to the next port of call, loading operations,
schoola."
SCHOOLBOY TALK. Was den byr. As the Parents
Bad Language Worse Since the War.
London.
Association at Westminster on the "public school novel." He told an awed audience, they would be legitimately shocked, "if they could hear modern schoolboys talking." He declared "pub- lle school boys so much worse langu age than one would wish and clearly the process got worse since the War." Rugby's now head master Mr. P. H. B. Lyon, who was born in India thirty-
The Lavoured the cane for some: boys.
A service of the kind described with officials from other countries, could only be carried out by an in a number of important parts of Singapore Clearing House. The need was to obtain and cir. International body such as the foreign countries. The group com
FIERCE CRITICISM- culate early and accurate informa- League, and with the passing of prised participants from Siam, tion, and this obviously entailed time the Bureau's activities have Straits Settlements, French Indo-
Public school boys have been the the establishment of an interna become more and more extensive China, Netherlands East Indien, tional clearing house for informs until how there is not an important China and Japan, under the Leader target of somewhat flores criticism in tion regarding disease in the East, port in the East which does not ship of a League oficial. Studles
communicate regularly with the wore made in Singapore, Batavia, nino caser out of ten, the prin - Bureau, and through it with every Saigon, Hong Kong, Canton, cipals of arms are unqualified to visit seven oyars ago, told in interviews that, other port in this wide area. Manila, Shanghai, Kobe, and Yoko foreign markets because of the educay own valuation of boys is first the tion they received at public schools." All-rounder who is good at athletics and The value of the work lies in the hama. fact that countries can depend During the tour discussions took Thus spake Mr. Ronald Gilbey, ex-pre-study. Next, the student who was not upon hearing almost Immediately place regarding matters aeon, and ident of the London Board of Licensed
can do nothing well but play, definitely particulars of the occurrence and at Tokyo a final conference was Victuallers' Protection Society, at the good at games. I place the boy who
last." development of disassa in the East,, held where all the principal Society's dinner in London.
practico
Public school boys, he added, wanted: and can apply routine and emer features of part health
their time in learning Greek and Eatin geney measures to protect them were discussed. The
great instead of modern languages. "There's The Winnipeg Industrial Develop elves ant invasion in the value of this system is Ight:
edge of the con- The contact with men who are en only one thing I can any in favour of inent Board reports 2 recent new
ries for Manitoba, two In the same work has a wasting a hoy's time in doing Latin ind
theret Vore be added, "that in the same ros-which are branches of forera.
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