FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1986
NO NEW CASES OF CHOLERA REPORTED
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NO NEW CASES OF CHOLERA WERE REPORTED BY LATE THIS (FRIDAY)
AFTERNOON.
THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES IN THE PRESENT OUTBREAK REMAINS AT 20, AND ALL PATIENTS ARE IN A SATISFACTORY CONDITION, A SPOKES/.. FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID.
+ THE SITUATION SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THERE WAS A FURTHER DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THE EIGHT INOCULATION CENTRES. UP TO 4 PM, 6 616 PEOPLE HAD BEEN INOCULATED, COMPARED WITH 11 493 ON THURSDAY.
THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE INOCULATED TODAY (WITH YESTERDAY'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):
SAI YING PUN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC
SHAU KEI WAN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC
KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE
YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB POLYCLINIC
LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC, TSUEN WAN
YUEN LONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE
SHEK WU HUI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC
411
520
2 100
(661)
(950)
(3 950)
915
(1 603)
1 100
(1 800)
700
(1 200)
360
(623)
TAI PO JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC
510
(709)
PORT HEALTH OFFICES
1 261
(1 699)
> FULL-SCALE ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS CARPET-SEARCHING EVERY PART OF KWUN TONG AND TSZ WAN SHAN TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND IS ALSO STEPPING UP CHECKS ON LICENSED FOOD PREMISES IN THE URBAN AREA, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES (ENVIRONMENT AND RECREATION), MR TOMMY CHOY, SAID TODAY.
+THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO FIND OUT ANY POSSIBLE FOOD SOURCE OF THE CURRENT CHOLERA OUTBREAK, + HE SAID AFTER INSPECTING AN USD OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL COOKED-FOOD HAWKING IN KWUN TONG.
/+BESIDES