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(c.)-Quarantine Duty.
During the year seven vessels were detained in Quarantine for the following reasons:- Small-pox, 5; Cholera, 1; Plague, 1.
The causes of detention, and the number of ships for the past three years were as follows: Small-pox 5 (10 in 1908), Cholera 1 (2 in 1908), Plague 1 (2 in 1908), Dengue nil (1 in 1908).
Several cases of Enteric Fever from ships arriving in the Port were treated at the Government Civil Hospital. In disinfecting these ships, special care was taken in dealing with the clothing and bedding of the patients, and in the cleansing of the water-closets.
The Port was singularly exempt from such minor infectious maladies as Parotitis, Measles, and Chicken-pox.
At the beginning of the year the following Ports were under Quarantine restrictions:-
1.-Singapore, for Cholera, dating from December 5, 1908. 2.-Bangkok, for Cholera, dating from December 19, 1908. These restrictions were removed on February 3rd and April 28th respectively.
Amoy was declared to be an infected Port, on account of Plague, from July 14th until August 14th, but no cases were detected on ships arriving from that Port.
Table I.
Table showing Emigration Passes and Rejections for 1908 and 1909.
Ports of Destination 1908 1909 Passed Rejected Passed Rejected Straits Settlements 49,643 740 48,016 713 San Francisco 5,105 6,192 39 British Columbia 7,888 32 8,247 57 Java Ports 4,789 82 9,546 93 German New Guinea 329 57 Salina Cruz 2,301 458 4 Callao 710 28 987 2 Seattle 42 28 Tacoma 48 Honolulu 30 1,831 12 Mauritius 196 297 Japan 132 1 Iquiqui,.. 203 Manzanillo, Liverpool, Other Ports 3061
130 1 ... 71 Total 71,081 882 76,430 923