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10. CONTROL OF SPECIAL DISEASES.- cont'd.
Infectious Disease.
Under the section dealing with Personnel I have briefly stated the position in regard to Health staff. At the moment, Col. Fehily has no qualified wealth officers, except his A.D.H.S., although Hong Kong, more than other territories, is a place where health problems predominate and sanitary control is vital. The occurrence of periodic epidemics in Hong Kong on a massive scale during the years immediately preceding the occupation, when there was a great influx of refugees, shows what can happen in a territory with a policy of practically uncontrolled immigration. There is no epidemic disease in the Colony at present but it is not likely this immunity will last much longer. In addition to outbreaks of major infectious diseases, a good deal of minor infectious disease occurs from time to time, or is imported. In the future it may be that, with altered conditions, Hong Kong will be up against diseases that in previous years were not ordinarily encountered.
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