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5. The laws dealing with the subject of Quarantine and Port Health are contained in Table I. of the Hong Kong Port Regulations, the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance and the Vaccination Ordinance.
6. During the year 5,932 inward bound ocean-going vessels were boarded by the Health Officers. Of these 2,252 were on the British register and 3,680 on the Foreign register.
River steamers from Canton, Macao and West River Ports, also junks and small crafts were only visited when cases of sickness or death were reported.
Quarantine.
7. Hong Kong has no quarantine station for ships' passengers or crews. When segregation is necessary it is carried out on board ship at the quarantine anchorage. A limited number of infectious cases can be accommodated at the Government Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kennedy Town—but there is little room for contacts.
8. During the year 4 ships were detained in quarantine; in all cases the cause of detention was Small-pox.
All vessels arriving from "infected" ports and those having infectious or suspicious cases on board fly the "Q" flag and go to the quarantine anchorage for examination.
9. The number of vessels arriving in quarantine was 307 with 20,360 passengers and a crew personnel of 23,031. All were examined and those from Small-pox infected ports were vaccinated. Where necessary medical supervision of passengers and crews was carried out before pratique was granted.
10. The total number of persons medically inspected during 1928 was 369,024 or an average of 1,011 examinations a day.
11. One hundred and forty-six vessels were fumigated during the year. Fumigations are carried out by a private company but each operation is supervised by a Health Officer.
Emigration.
12. The Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915 requires that emigrant ships shall have:
(1) Proper and sufficient living accommodation.
(2) Proper and sufficient sanitary requirements.
(3) Proper and sufficient hospital accommodation.
(4) A sufficient supply of drugs, medical equipment and disinfectants.