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MOSQUITOES.
Householders Warned.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921.
in
mean
"By
Chang Valley and marshy Yumikai is growing right along- ground at King's Park, Kowloon, albeit vary slowly, as it would
UndergrowthRecent Inrecti-seem to American leaders. gations in Netherlands India have "The total membership of the stablished the fact that mosqui-Yaaikai numbers 35,000," she fed- At yesterday afternoon's meeting toes can travel much further than eration's president said. of the Sanitary Board presided was formerly supposed if it be this. I
those actually over by the Hon. Mr. T. L. Per-necessary for them to da sa affiliated with the national body. jkins. Dr. W. W. Pearse, the Mesearch
Counting the independent or- of blood. Artificially dical Officer of Health, laid on the coloured mosquitoes were found to actually part of the Yuaikai. but ganizations, or local unions, not table his report recently submitted have travelled 2,000 metres from fanchoning as labour unions just to the Government on the preva the pacl in which they were the same, I estimate the total for lence of mosquitoes in the re-hatched.
Japan would be about a hundred sidential districts of the Colony. These insects mast find shelter thousand." Attached to the report was a list from the sun's rays
in the das
But Mr. Suzuki has no jurisdie- of private premises on which mostime, hence the importance of un-tion over the 65,000 outside the. quitoes had been found breeding. dergrowth as affording shelter to Yuaikai and such a thing as a which was significant from the mosquitoes.
nation-wide strike is out of the fact that it contained the names In Hongkong as a routine mes question. Socal labour disputes) of several doctors, one titled sure the Government has eut un-and strikes are not nacommon gentleman, a member of the Legis-¡dergrowth ́within a radius of 30 but a steel strike, or a coal strike latire Council and the Hongkong yards from dwellings, but it is de- such as those staged in America, University.
sirable that this should be ex-could scarcely be brought about;
in Japan..
Mr. C. 6. Alabaster, okr., intended. accordance with notice given, ask- The recommendations arising
"Of the 35,000 members belong- ing to the Yusiai," President ed the following question:-"Whatjout of this survey are that
1. More Bullans should be Suzuki explained, "about 12,000 steps if any have been taken to
trained.
are iron workers; 10,000 seamen;} notify the householders of the private premises where mosquito Certain swamps should be 14,000 miners and so forth. Then
drained.
there are not affilated with us, larvae and potential breeding places were found during the re 3 Undergrowth should be eat however the Miners Union of further afield than at pre-members; the printers and press- Japan, numbering about 2000 rent survey by the Sanitary De- partment
2
4.
sent. Bamboo fences should removed and forbidden future..
be
in
men of Tokyn numbering some! 1200: the Osaka Iton Workers' Union, whose membership would reach about 1000, and other such 5. Live bamboo hedges
and organizations which work in clumps should not be plant-harmony with us. To appreciate ed in fature, and existing the true strength of Japanese ones abolished.
laboar all these must be taken Surface channels should not into consideration.
ů.
Dr. Pearse replied that an all premises in which mosquitoes had been found breeding during the recent survey the occupiers of the houses had been warned. in one case personally by the Secretary of the Board, and in the other cases by letter or by legal notices. In regard to houses in which no mosquitoes were actually found,; but which were potential breed- ing places, it was impossible to issue warnings, inasmuch as any collection of water, other than sea water, might become a potential breeding place of mosquitoes. The
The mosquitoes found during in the Japanese cabinet. Labour instance is looked after by the home de- Board was issuing in every urban this survey have in co district adjoining a rural one been anopheles, which in general|partment-corresponding to the pamphlets explaining the habits of may be classed as field and sylvan American Department of the In mosquitoes in relation to malaria. mosquitoes, while those mostly to terior-but it seems that there is In spite of previous efforts in this be found in the immediate neigh-is ao separate labour "bureau," direction, there were found. dur-bourhood of domestic buildings the head of the polics bureau of the home department also at- ing the survey, & places in the fare culicines,
The likelihood of anopheles tending to labour which fact may japper level where mosquitoes were being allowed to breed: but he did mosquitoes reaching dwellings with afford an idea of the official at- not think any more could be done be reduced by the further traiu-titude towards labour and expisin! drainage of the slowness of the growth of the beyond distribating educational ing of cullahs, pamphlets.
swamps and the further cutting of morement at the same time.
Every day. I was told, a police! Dr. Koch asked if the pamphletsjundergrowth, but in spite of such had been issued, also, in Kowloon, work mosquitoes of, the eulicine visit is paid to Yusiksi bead- seeing that the survey stated that type will continue to be a pest un quarters, a plain-clothes 90 per cent of the breeding places less the occupiers of private arriving, usually in the afternoon, will themselves take staying an hour orso and making were fun there. He also asked houses as to distribution of pamphlets in trouble to keep their premises free inquiries as to the day's doings.
from breeding places.
be allowed to discharge
YUAIKAI 9 YEARS OLD. over the hillside, but ba
This may not appear very conducted to trained cour formidable as the result of nine ses, or if this be impossible years of painstaking work, but should discharge into soak considering the handicap, i. ars pits,and galleries under-doesn't look so bad. ground.
There is no labour minister in
the Chinese language.
Dr. Pearse said the pamphlets Attached are schedules show-
were issued two or three months ing Jaro: they had not teen re-issued. but they might be in the course of a month. As soon as a fresh sup
TH
ply in Chinese was available they would be distributed.
Lt. Col. Humphry asked if police action was taker: in the matter.
Dr. Perse: No: Its a breach lo! the by-law under the Public Health and Building Ordinance.
The Medical Officer then laid on the table the following report, a e:py of which, on the suggestion of Mr. Alabaster, was supplied to the Press:
Report an the prevalence of Mosquitoes in the residential dis tricts of the Colony.
Head of the Sanitary Depart-
men.
Sir-The factors which deter- mine the prevalence of mosquitoes, are 1 existence of pools and collections of water and (2) ur- dergrowth.
With regard to
(1) these may be divided into domestic. e. under the control of} occupiers of private property, and rural, i.e. on Crown land.
1. Actual
2.
places
breeding found on Crown land. Potential breeding places on Crown land.
TEAD
POLICE AT MEETINGS. Wbcnever meetings are io order! the police are present and take down what is said. Further, they can, and do, stop speeches when they consider "dangerous thougbis" are being expressed. As this is left to the discretion of 3. Addresses of private pre- the local police, what would be mises on which mosquitoes stopped in one district of the same have been found breeding.city might easily get by in the Places where it is desirable adjoining district.
4.
to clear undergrowth be- The first attempt to form a yond the area at present labour federation was about 20 cleared as a routine mea- years ago, said Mr. Suzuki, "by a group of Socialists who had been
sure.
5. List of nullahs which should in America." Locomotive en-
be trained.
a. List of bamboo fences which
should be abolished.
7. Swampy land which should
be drained.
W. W. Fearse. M.O.HI.
31. 5. 1921.
gineers, iron workers, printers, munitions workers and other)
were formed, bat the unions movement had a very brief life.
**There were several reasons for its lack of success," the labour leader told me, "but the fact that it was socialistic in character got it official opposition It had no financial support and, in fact.
LABOUR CONDITIONS IN little interest was shown in it by
JAPAN.
Impression's of a Special Correspondent.
the workers themselves."
The Yuikai was formed in 1912, in Toyka. To begin with it was only a union which included among its members workers from various trades. Later, as it grew,
MANY WOMEN WORKERS. Mr. Suzuki estimates the nom-
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An investigation into Labour it split into real trade unions with the National As regards the former (domes organisation in Japan has been affiliated tic) it has been established that conducted by Mr. W. P. Simms, Federation. people pay scant attention to mos-the U. S. special correspondent quito breeding on their premises.ho did Press duty throughout The recent inspection of the Peak the World War and at the Peace (ber of employes in industrial pur- and upper lovels
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Plakettes are tiny bot thorough, rullahs. ground over which sur-that it may almost be said that face channels discharge na to the thore is no cohesion at all.
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