SUIDAY, MAY 26, 1974.
APPROACH OF CHOLERA SEASON
ADVICE ON HYGIENE BY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
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DR. GERALD CHOA, DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, ADVISED TODAY THAT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE CHOLERA SEASON, +PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS + VERE ESSENTIAL IF HONG KONG WAS TO REMAIN FREE FROM THE DISEASE THIS YEAR.
HE WARNED THAT +PRIMARY PROTECTION DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS+ MEANT CLEAN FOOD, CLEAN WATER, THE WASHING OF HANDS BEFORE MEALS. AND AFTER VISITS TO THE TOILET.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO BE +EXTRA CAUTIOUS+ IN THEIR CHOICE OF FOOD AND DRINK.
+IMPROPERLY COOKED FOOD CAN CAUSE INFECTION, WHILE PROPERLY COOKED FOOD CANNOT. IF THE LATTER IS NOT EATEN IMMEDIATELY, IT SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN THE OPEN, AND SO EXPOSED TO CONTAMINATION.+
DR. CHOA REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT WITH MORE AND MORE RESIDENTS PATROMISING STALLS SPECIALISING IN COOKED FOOD AS AN ECONOMY MEASURE, IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THIS SUMMER THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN RECENT YEARS TO BE MORE PARTICULAR WITH WHAT THEY ATE AND DRANK PREPARED OUTSIDE THEIR OUN HOMES.
HE ASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT WITH CHOLERA ALREADY IN EVIDENCE IN MANY TERRITORIES IN THE REGION, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS PAYING EXTRA CARE TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION OF THE DISEASE.
ALL EATABLES ARRIVING FROM INFECTED TERRITORIES, SUCH AS FRUIT, WERE ALREADY BEING SERIOUSLY SCRUTINISED BY HEALTH INSPECTORS, AND ARRANGEMENTS WERE IN HAND FOR AN IMMEDIATE ACCELERATION OF
HE THANKED THE URBAN COUNCIL AND EFFORT IN THE CASE OF NEED.
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION.
DR. CHOA MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT WATER COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE MAINS IN HONG KONG WAS +PURE AND SAFE FOR DRINKING, AND DID NOT REQUIRE TO BE BOILED,
IN HIS VIEW, DANGER OF IMPURITY AROSE WHEN THIS WATER LEFT THE MAINS FOR STORAGE IN TANKS, DRUMS, OR BUCKETS. AS THESE CONTAINERS WERE SOMETIMES LEFT FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT CLEANING, OR OTHERWISE NOT REGULARLY OR HYGIENICALLY ATTENDED TO, THEY MADE POSSICLE THE CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER BY GERMS.
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+IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES + DR. CHOA SAID, +STORED WATER THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION SHOULD BE BOILED BEFORE DRINKING. ON THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, BUT RELATES TO STORAGE CONDITIONS.+
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