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Medical supervision of the passengers and crew during the period of quarantine and vaccination when necessary were attended to before Pratique was granted. Forty-one cases of infectious disease were investigated and found to be due to non-quarantinable diseases. These were dealt with in the usual This involved the examination of 329 sick persons and many special visits to ships in the harbour. Thirty-nine vessels were fumigated for varying reasons during the year. Each fumigation was supervised by a Health Officer.
manner.
The total number of persons medically inspected during 1924 amounted to 290,220 which is equivalent to 795 examinations for each day of the year as compared with a daily rate of 600 for
1924.
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Table I.
Showing emigration passes and rejections for 1925.
Port of Destination,
Straits Settlements United States of America Canada Honolulu
Dutch East Indies
Passed. Crews.
Rejected.
98,484
9,077
326
6,280 13,979
44.
5,256
14,705
49
6,274
58
11,889
3,669
101
British North Borneo
2,472
1,487
40
Belawan Deli and Muntok
4,924
3,536
55
Australia and New Zealand
1,207
2,074
31
South Sea Islands
1,001
117
3
Shanghai and Japan
1,798
7
626
669
20
188
4
392
108
11
181
337
854
94
3
534
1,472
241
142,598
51,324
756
IV. VACCINATION DEPARTMENT.
The Vaccination Ordinance, 1923, requires that all emigrants from the Colony shall be protected against small-pox. Emigrants can be vaccinated at the Government Centre cheaply and effi- ciently. 7724 presented themselves for this purpose as compared with 1877 for last year.
In addition 2108 non-emigrants were vaccinated at the Centre. At the examination of emigrants on board ships those who in the opinion of the Health Officer were not sufficiently protected had to undergo re-vaccination.
During the year I was assisted for varying periods by Dr. Craig, Newton, Tsoi and Shin.
B. H. MELLON, Health Officer of the Port.
South America Panama Mexico
South Africa Mauritius Rangoon Manila
Total
Table II.
Showing monthly returns of emigrants, crews and rejections.
Rejections Emigrants. Crews. Rejections.
Months.
Ships Examined.
January 20th, 1926.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
£3
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24
9,710
4,045
26
23
12,143
4,250
56
27
21,262
4,654
132
33
20,741
5,493
156
31
17,731
5,914
165
26
14,556
4,543
125
6
1,025
1,564
18
3,325
4,478
11
20
7,212
3,902
20
11,874
4,666
18
25
10,734
4,256
15
12,285
3,559
32
Total
280
142,598
51,324
756
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