THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 26, 1940
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WAR ON T.B. IN H.K. Heavy Penalty For Indiscriminate Spitting
NOTEWORTHY RESULT OF CAMP EXPERIMENT
A DETERMINED CAMPAIGN against tuberculosis-in- cluding heavy fines for indiscriminate spitting, lectures and talks, posters, and stickers-was described to the Press this morning at a special conference by Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, the Director of Medical Services.
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At the Urban Council meeting on January 16, he revealed, the members unanimously supported him in his desire to introduce legislation affecting spitting. As a result, the Council has recommended to Government that Sec.
be amended by the addition of the following:-
ANOTHER AGE GROUP CALLED UP
London, To-day.
The next batch of men to be called up for military service must register, on February 17.
The order applies to men over 23 years of age but not yet 24, and those who have reached 20 since the last batch was called up- it la expected that 250,000 man will be called up—Reuter,
3 of the Summary Office Ordinance, No. 40, 1932, should FREE CHINA "Every person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $250 EXPORTS
who, without lawful authority or excuse, spits in a pu-
blic place except in a drain or water channel, or, in a
public building or other buildings to which the public TO U.S.
has access, spits except in a spittoon or lavatory.'
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NEW NAME FOR POCKET BATTLESHIP
Berlin, To-day.
The pocket - battleship Deutchland is to have her name changed!
She was last heard of in November when she was racing for home with a British cruiser in hot pursuit after her and another warship which had help- ed her sink the armed merchant cruis- er Rawalpindi.
The German High Command An- nounced yesterday that she will be re- named Luetzow because the name "Deutchland" is to be reserved for a bigger ship.
The present Luetzow will also be re- named-Reuter.
SUMMER TIME AGAIN ADVANCED
This has also received the unanim- ¡ploy a paid janitor instead of the
CHUNGKING, TO-DAY. ous support of the District Watch principal tenant. This Janitor would EXPORTS FROM "FREE CHINA” Committee through the valuable ef- also look after the safety and cleanli- | TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE forts of the Secretary for Chineseness of the premises and provide | FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1939
certain necessary services
THE hot WERE HIGHER THAN FOR which principal | ENTIRE YEAR 1938, IT IS OFFICI- ALLY ANNOUNCED BY THE MINIS- TRY OF FINANCE.
Affairs and Sir Robert Kotewall.
As an indication of what can be water, and so on ---- done in this line, Dr. Selwyn-Clarke tenants do not provide. pointed out that only a few months ago it was impossible to walk around
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MAIN DIFFICULTY The main difficulty in the scheme
the North Point refugee camp with-is the fact that most of the people out coming into contact with this dis-living in the present over-crowded gusting habit.
quarters" earn so little money that it would not be easy to charge an eco- nomic rent without outside support.
"COURT OF JUSTICE” To-day, one can walk around the camp freely and find nothing. This,
One of the major problems con- he said, had been changed through fronting anti-tuberculosis schemes in simple regulations which had been the Colony, he continued, was the put into effect and by the setting ur
extremely limited accommodation for of a "Court of Justice," composed of tubercular patients in the Govern- refugees and destitutes, who metedment and the Chinese hospitals. out fatigue duties to offenders. Those who had to spit were made to spit In the proper places. In another camp, the New Life Movement - which is based on the teachings o Sun Yat-sen and General Chiang Kal-shek and therefore severely frowns on promiscuous, public spit- ting had been very useful in the same way,
MAIN PROBLEM
Turning his attention to the main problem of tuberculosis itself, Dr. Selwyn-Clarke revealed that there were 7,591 cases, with 4,443 deaths, last
year as compared with 4,920 deaths the year before.
In 1938, the Technical Committee submitted a scheme for providing extra bede and this recommenda- tion was considered by the Gover- nor and submitted by him to the Secretary of State.
If the Depart ment of State agrees, the Govern- ment will then have
to find the "mɑnéy""to "put"the"schema" through,"
N. T. BANATORIUM
Asked about his own particular scheme for a sanatorium in the New Territories, Dr. Selwyn-Clarke admit- ted that the scheme was an expensive but he hoped that it might one, eventually be possible to raise funds It is proposed to form an Anti-for such a necessary and worthy pur- Tuberculosis Association in Hong pose, Kong, he said, and among those who have agreed to help in its formation are Messrs. M. F. Key, W. Yinson Lee, Dr. Li Shu-pui, Mr. Li Tse- fong, Dr. F. I. Tseung, Mr. F. H. Tyson, Dean. Wilson and Mr. Ben-do light work and so on. These vil- jamin Wylie.
It would be necessary to have a hospital where cases too far gone could have rest, treatment and isola- tion, as well as a village where those who had a chance of recovery could
lage schemes worked very efficiently
The main objects of the association in England. will be to educate the general public
HOUSING-SCHEMES
of a
Sunday, he said, would be a special as to the dangers of disease and the day devoted to anti-tubercular. work means in which each person can help in the churches of various denomina- to prevent the disease and also re-tions in the Colony, when special ser- cognise it; it will also try to secure mons will be preached. In addition, the support of the general public in Dr. Selwyn-Clarke himself will de- address on the subject in measures aimed at discovering and liver an isolating cases.
one of the main Chinese churches!
SLOGAN COMPETITION One of those who had indicated in- He then · produced a draft terest in the association, Dr. Selwyn special, poster which is intended to Clarke said, had suggested that apart draw the attention of the Chinese from the general educational work, community to the various foods which It might be useful if the association can be purchased cheaply all the year could undertake small housing-round in Hong Kong and which, schernés.
thanks to their high protein and cal- Enlarging
Vitamins this theme, Dr.clum content, as well as Selwyn-Clarke said that a great deal ] "A" and "B" help to build up re- of the trouble came from gross over-sistance to the disease.
On
crowding and high rents.
high, rents, he understood,
landlord, in order to get, say
cent, on his capital,
house to a principal
The principal ton rooms-making. $300, he paid
He asked the
ress, for
Hons
lines
London, To-day.
Summer Time comes into effect in Britain and France on January 25, be- in order to make full The increase is said to be specially|ing advanced significant as most of China's foreign use of the daylight during the black- trade in 1939 was carried by over-outs. Normally, it lasts from April 23 land routes as a result of Japan's to early in October. blockade and occupation of the coastal Sir John Anderson, Minister of Home ports.
Security, made the announcement in the House of Commons yesterday stat- - ing that the decision was reached after consultation with the French Govern- ment.-Reuter.
The figures for 1939, it is stressed, do not include Free China's exports to Hong Kong and Haiphong, a large portion of which were later sent to the United States.----Reuter.
U.S. NAVY, BUILDING MAY BE REDUCED
Washington, To-day.
Mr. C. Litsanidl, residing at the European Y.M.C.A., has reported the theft of a gold tie pin valued at $25 from his room yesterday.
The naval authorities announce that sels which the Navy could build in of $200,000,000 by limiting the financial authoriza- two years, the sum tions recently granted under the could be cut from the proposed $800,- naval expansion programme to ves- | 000,000 Expansion Bill.
Reuter.
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