h
596
to which I have replied at once:
"Only a few suspected cases (at)
Chinese Kowloon, reported yesterday.
morning.
Strict watch (over) Natives.
Everything prepared" :
Cas
of
5347
3.
the disease into this Colony.
Upon the first note of alarm
being
toxin de d
by ster Majesty's
Consul at Canton, I applied to the
Military Authorities for the services
matter of fact there appear
to
of
a
Medical Officer,
have been to suspicious cases.
2.
In connection with the a
above
J
may inform your Lordship that for
some weeks past rumours of the
existence of the plague in the Jung
Hun district mear bantow,
an
d onore
recently at Macao, have reached this
Government, and that
every possible
precaution has accordingly been
taken to prevent the introduction
1
and Surgeon
Major Westcolt having been placed
at
my
disposal. I despatched him
views of accer-
to that district with a
taining
the truth of the rumoured
existence of plaque. Surg" Major
Westcott
was accompanied by Mr
Bourne, Her Majesty's Vice Consul
at Canton
and by
reliable.
Chinese Interpreter, and he received
every assistance from the authorities
of the
of the
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