in their attitude, and the port of Shanghai stands conspicuous in its
red but effective
moderate en
enlightened measures of quarantine.
The Committer while fully sympathising with the desire of any community to guard against the in- casion of dangerous discases cannot but think the measures. adopted
at times the outcome of, if not panie, at least too bashy action and are often entirely opposed to the opinions ofex - perts was now almost unanimously quarantine
regulations
consider the
+ formerly held to be efficacious,
calculated to promote rather than to prevent the spread of diseases whether infections or contagious nature, and the Singapore Authorities seem:
Ale
to have ured in that direction.
It is to be hoped that it may
be long before the
supposed necessity
for the enforcement of stringent
quarantine
quarantine regulations
regulations again
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aridw
but complete exemphon from dangerous
diseases is not in the natural order.
of things and in view of the possibi. lity of Sungapore assuming
a sunnilar.
attitude on some future joccasions it seems very desirable that the question should be fully discussed behoren the respective Governments and in need the referred to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. If His Excellency
should see fit to give his valuable
assistance ni endeavo
to induce
endeavouring the Singapore Government to modify its regulations the Committee feel confident a change for the better would result to the mutual benefit of both
colonies.