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229. 56 permits for the landing of corpses for burial were granted and 33 bodies were sent to the mortuary for postmortem examinations. Five cases of leprosy were detected amongst Chinese passengers. 23 Chinese lunatics, 2 British lunatics and 1 Filipino lunatic arrived in the Colony during the year. Bills of Health numbering 1,661 were issued.
QUARANTINE.
230. 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 (26) of infectious cases can be accommodated at the Government Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kennedy Town but there is no room for contacts.
231. All vessels arriving from "infected" ports and those having infectious or suspicious cases on board fly the "Q" flag and go to a quarantine anchorage for examination.
232. The monthly return of quarantine ships is given in Table V.
233. During the year 2 vessels were detained in quarantine. For details, see Table IV. Fumigation and disinfection of these vessels and of the clothing and personal effects of those on board were carried out.
234. The total number of persons medically inspected during 1935, was 240,069 or an average of 640 examinations per day.
EMIGRATION.
235. 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.
It also makes provision for:-
(1) A proper diet scale.
(2) The prevention of the export of the unfit.
(3) The prevention of the export of infectious diseases.
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