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over and I most earnestly and respectfully press upon the Government the necessity of taking steps to check that venereal disease which more than decimates the crew of every ship which enters our harbours and which I am informed by all medical men presents itself in a more aggravated form in Hongkong than in almost any part of the world.
I give it that without the sanction of the home authorities the local Government would feel indisposed to legislate on a subject which though slurred over in the mother Country is of great importance here. I request the Lieutenant Governor to have the goodness to forward my accompanying letter with the documents and such suggestions as I have been able to make on the topic worthy of consideration by my application for permission to introduce an Ordinance placing the control of prostitution and other matters connected with the public health here under a board to consist of the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Chief Magistrate,
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