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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933
ECHOES OF 1858
33.–Attačk on the Social Evil In Hong Kong
Better, far better had it been, if the feelings of humanity had not saved her from infanticide at her birth, The ordinance provides her a hospital it is true, but what a world is open to her when she comes out!
THE CANCER PROBLEM
Address By Dr. S. W. Phoon
A REAL DANGER FROM
COCKROACHES
At a recent meeting of the Y's Men's Club, Dr. S. W. Phoon, Superintendent of The Tung. Wah Hospital, gave an instructive ad- dress on the cancer problem.
Dr. Phoon is a Rockefeller Re
his own use.
Thus in England and Walce for example in 1923, the total number
JULY 26, 1868 Objecting as we always have done on the grounds of impro priety, to the promulgation of the Brothel Ordinance, we ate free to admit that philanthrophy, cannot find a more praiseworthy object to exercise its functions upon, than
We have often animadverted in "the legitimate ends of that ordi-
strong terms upon the unscrupu- It is most desirable that lous manner which the government search student and his address was sailors should be spared the hor
of this colony helps itself to re-illustrated with a series of photo. rors of making a sea voyage with venue. For instance, in the matter graphs, which he had collected for A loathsome disease upon them,
nf Emigration, heavy licensing Dr. Phoon said:—It is not with which if it does not prove fatal, tees were levied upon the broker, will most likely incapacitate them, and a small one exacted on the out cause that thinking peopis from pursuing their vocation, and skets. The Harbour Master was throughout the world are much con- throw them into an alms house for assigned the office of Emigration cerned with this problem of cancer. the remainder of their days. Officer without fee or reward, and Statistics on the incidence of Again, we cannot conceive an ob- all the money, received for, licences cancer, and opinions of doctors ject more worthy of pity than the and tickets, simply became, that working in different parts of the inmate of the brothels Spared much nett revenue. The object of world are alarming and indicate from being the victim of infan-taxing emigration, should, surely be that the disease is actually increas ticide, the anhappy creature is
to enable Government to provide
ing. kept until she shall arrive at the auch an establishment as can exer age of maturity for the price she cise surveillance and prevent fraud will then bring for the purpose, of prostitution. The unfortunates are
We will not go so far to say sold as if they were "oxen, and are victims to crime, not perpetrators that Government has repeated the same disgraceful financial trick of it. Such a state of affairs can-
with the brothels, but this we do as remedied, but when not be Christian colony comes to be aert, that our authorities have sad. Idled themselves with & most market for these unfortunate chil-
responsibility "touching dren it certainly becomes the duty serious
Chinese prostitution in this of the government of that Colony
Colony. to check the evil which cannot be
Under such circumstances as we controlled, and to alleviate the miseries which such a state of have attemped to describe, we say affairs inevitably entails. It is that our Government have received horrible to contemplate the feel- out of the wages of the social ings of a poor Chinese girl torn evil, very large sums of money, from home almost in her childhood and that instead of applying such and confided to the care of a heart sums to the alleviation of misery, Tess keeper of à brothel-to find the decrease of disease, and, the herself the victim of a loathsome prevention of crime, they allow by. disease, and thea to discover that their spathy, the money to ac the redress provided for her by the inulate, we suppose for the laws of the white man is to be benefit of the poor children who sent to jail for a period not ex-have not yet arrived at the age of ceeding three months.
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reasoning.
HAINAN NOTES
A BENEVOLENT GOVERNOR
(From Our Own Correspondent)
trip especially to visit her first great-grandchild, little Yola Adele Burkwall of Kachek...
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The
It is unfortunate that just at the season of the year when pas- KACHEK, July 28. sengers are most numerous, steamer General Sin "Han Koang is now facilities should be the poorest for Tho Butterfield and much interested in the development months. of the Mino and Loe people of Swire boats are the regular Hainan, and the communists have ones on the run and just now the been put down eufficiently to allow steamers on the Haiphong-Hong attention to other things. He is Kong schedule have only one or requiring each ten families of the two first class cabins. These are tribespeople to furnish one man usually taken in Haiphong and for military service, and is pro passengers desiting accomodations mising sums of money to help from Hoihow to Hong Kong am establish elementary schools. For often very hard put to it. instance, 8600.00 has been granted French steamer Tonkin' makes the to the Miao of six groups, with regalar trip every two weeks, but the understanding that two central travel on it involves an extra day schools be established, the money because of the stop at Fort Bayard to be paid over to two responsible (Kwangchowan). Bangkok stenm- head men when detailed plans have been submitted. People in Haiers have good accomodation for but rarely call at are very appreciative of the Hoihow on the trip up to Hong services the general has rendered, Kong. and there was much grief when rumors were circulated. that he was to be moved to the mainland. Apparently however he is to main in the island for the present
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re-perly covered up so as to prevent cockroaches from getting at it.
Synod Held at Khungchow. On July 4 the Synod of Hainan,
Known Methods of Treatment,
I cannot very well close this short address without a word on treat-
!
In
of deaths from cancer was 48,688 | in 1924 the number had increased to 30,389, and this was the highest on record for that country. Germany, in 1921, the number of cancer deaths was 53,056, in 1825, it had gone up to 63,564,-au în- crease of 8,008 in four years,
In Hong Kong and China, in the absence of reliable statistics, obe cannot give a definite opinion, but one's impression is that the disease in by no means uncommon, and yet years ago, the opinion existed in certain quarters in Europe and America, that cancer was unknown among the Chinese 1
Hong Kong Different,
As regards the way cancer at- tacks people in practically all European and American countries, the disease is mostly found in the stomach, alimentary canal and Liver, but that certainly does not Seem to be one's experience in Hong Kong. Here one's impressionis that cancer of the throat tops the list, and next follows the female genitalia and breast.
While cancer commonly occurs at the age of 40 or 45, it is not un- known in the very young and the old. The question has often been: asked, how does one know that one has cancer?
The answer to that is not easy. In teacer of the stomach, some early signs are chronic indigestion and loss of weight, but these in. themselves are not sufficiently de- finite and Radiological or XRay examinations and laboratory inves tigations are needed and the only practical advice. I can give you is, If in doubt consult your doctor." On this point, it is worthwhile to get a competent and conscientious doctor to look you over once a year.
Public Can Co-operata.
The public can co-operate with the doctor in detecting cancer. I remember some years ago, a young woman came to me with a small lump in her breast, about the size of a small nut. It was not giving her any trouble, and not even paining her, but she had been told that a lump in the breast may be cancer. I advised her to have the. small lump removed, and if it) proved to be cancer, then more ex- tensive and thorough removal of the
essential. whole organ was consented, the tumour turned out to be cancer. The operation was then performed, and she made recovery.
What Causes Cancer?
Sho
As to the question,-what causes cancer? I wish I knew-for fortune, international fame and honour _awaits the 'man' who can give cor- By operation and use of high fre-rect answers to these questions.
quency currents, By Radium By X'Ray,
wa
a gathering of members of the ment. Briefly, the modern method Church of Christ in China, was of treatment of cancer may be sead convened in Kiungchow for its an-to be nual meeting. There are five or- dained Chinese ministers in the synod, and plans are on foot to ordain two more, one as pastor of the Kiungchow City church and the other as pastor of the second By combination of these methods. organized church in Limbo district. It is not possible in a general ad Following the synod meeting a dress to enter into the pros and conference was held for the pastors, cons of these methods, whose re evangelistic workers and lay load lative merits may still be said to ers of the church, the attendance be sub judice. Y being about seventy. The guest. speakers were the Rev. "Chester G. Fuson of the American. Presby: térian Mission, Canton, who gave a series of talks based on The only possible if treatment is re Christ of the Classroom," studies zorted to early. The case of the in religious education, and the Rev. Paul Lyn, also of Canton, who gave devotional and, inspira |tional addresses. «fi
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But for an operation to be fully beneficial, the growth must be con pletely removed-root and all," da it were, and this, in many cases is
It has long been known that irritation over any length of time causes cancer; thus, for example, it has been observed that cancer of the lip in smokers has been due to chronic irritation caused by hot clay pipes; cancer of the tongue, irritation from a broken tooth.
has often been found to be due to
The Cockroach Menace.
In Denmark, some experimenters found that the stomach of cock- roaches are often infected with He larvae of a certain type of worm Animals fed on food mixed with these cockroaches, have cancer of the stomach, and it is claimed that by these means the experimentera have succeeded in raising the in cidence of cancer in these animals from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 2,000. If. these observations were correct, and there is no reason to dojlbt them, the facts and figures are sufficiently periments show what undesirable startling For one thing, the or- pests cockroaches are Not only are they now known to be « poten- tial source of cancer, but they háva been said to be responsible also for caus ng Leprosy, I kill cockroaches whenever I see them because they spoil my books, but in view of the should like to pass the habit on so other mischief caused by them, 1 that you will also kill cockroaches
young woman whom I have men tioned, is a happy instance of what may be accomplished if patients come early. But too often, they come too late. In many cases, in cancer of the breast for example, they have other on their own An unusun number of visitors initiative or on the unfortunate. have been noted in Hainan recent advice of some herbal doctors, at ly. Miss Byrd Rice of the China tempted to remove the growth by Council office of the Presbyterian applying some powerful counter Church, Shanghai, spent her vaca irritants and the result has been tion with her sister, Mrs. D. 8. dimitrous Tappan of Kiungchow. Miss May Again let me say the most Brae Bel Thompson of the W. F. 14. 8. tical advice I can gife yell in. If Womens Bible School, Kinkiang, in doubt consult your own doctor, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. S. P. and never attempt to apply countes
counter. Seaton of Nodos. When Mr. Fuson irritants to any tumour in an el of Canton came to Hainan for the deamour to remors, maless you summer conference he was accom are sure it is not cancer. If it insight. One useful way is to have panied by Mrs. Fuson and by his counter-irritations will de no good aged mother, Mr AL Fuson, and may only serve to sell the eighty-four years old, who made the victim's docts.
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