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disease during the period of isolation, and they
were
of
course at once removed to
the Kennedy Town Hospital for treatment.
(3). The house in which
the case occurred was
at once closed and guarded by the Police until it had~ | been thoroughly cleansed,
disinfected, and whitewashed. under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health _at_ tacked to the Sanitary Board,
3.
3.
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During the greater part Canton was report
of January
ed to be almost entirely free
from the disease, but towards
the end of that month it be
came more
prevalent there. This fact materially altered the state of affairs and as, in view of the difficulty of restricting the passenger – traffic from that port, from which Hongkong derives the greater part of its food supply: the Colony was in
any
*
case
exposed