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exposed to the danger of in-
troduction of e
Coases from thence,
and as the number of persons
in segregation amounted to
over 200 and was
rapidly in creasing, the Sanitary Board resolved to abandon the system
of isolation on mo
marriage boats.
It was accordingly decided " that such of the inmates of infected houses as desired to doso should be permitted- after their clothing had been disinfected, to proceed to ~
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Canton, their departure being
supervised by the Police, and
a
sufficient sum of money being given to each person to defray the cost of his _
neces
necessary
passage and his expenses during the voyage.
4.
Towards the middle
of February the number of cases occurring daily began to show an appreciable
appreciable increase, and the disease ceased to pre- vail only in a single district, but appeared to be spreading
over