1651.
Pearse
666 13963
Has there been any case, in which plague gerus have been found on the wall ?
дъяви
Re
I know they do.
Mr Fung chun:-
A.
I dont know of any. I think it is highly improbable.
64 Q.
So that limewashing is not entirely for killing plague
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference:-
www.whim.C.O. 537
A.
A.
66
Q.
germs ?
I dont know what it was introduced for first, but I should not carry it on as a means of destroying plague
geras in a house,
13965
Do you think that limewashing is of any use at all, in keeping down or deaereasing the number of cases of plague in Hongkong, except that such advantage would
be by keeping the houses rather cleaner ?
I says its advantage as an anti plague measure is very
small.
I suppose we all think it is an advantage to have the place cleaned twice a year ?
13966
One advantage is that it enables you to know that the
4
Place has been thoroughly gone over.
That a house has been cleaned ↑
The Chairman:-
Treuh Lux
65-
DIDE Y
Ab boo¬
::
A.
Yes.
8 2 8
13967
40013968
13969
And that is really after all the only reason that can
be adduced for this measure?
A.
And the getting rid of greasy substances.
by Q
!
And the getting rid of plague, and such diɛsas AS
tuberculosis ?
Are there any other discanos - diphtheria, ot scarlet (347)
A.
Yes.
fover ?
A.
There is no organism for scarlet fever, but there is
for diphtheria, but it is so very rare here that line-
36
Shelton Hooper:-
?
washing would not bspecially duxited wait it (Page 1783.)
Would you not say that whitewashing done ones a year 13471
RECORD OFFICE, LONDON PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO BE
OUT