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(c.)-QUARANTINE DUTY,
This involves the special examination of all vessels arriving from an infected port as well as all vessels having any suspicion of an infectious disease on board, whether from an infected port or not.
The crews and passengers of such vessels are examined by the Health Officer on entering the Quarantine Anchorage.
Table IV gives the number of ships detained in quarantine with the causes, dates and periods of detention, and Table V gives the names of the ports declared infected, for what disease, the authority and date of rescission of the decree.
Table I.
Emigration Passes and Rejections for 1919.
Ports of Destination Passed Crews Rejected Straits Settlements and Calcutta... 14,183 6,014 123 San Francisco and Seattle 7,549 22 Honolulu 4,130 8,157 10 Japan 844 1 British Columbia 7,233 9,197 11 Australia 2,098 2,194 12 Java Ports 18,069 2,966 7 British Borneo 3,021 1,146 19 Mauritius 587 238 1 South America and Mexico.... 1,122 874 4 Bangkok 1,020 272 12 South Africa 113 204 Total 59,969 31,242 222