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Has there been any case, in which plague gerus have been found on the wall ?

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I know they do.

Mr Fung chun:-

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I dont know of any. I think it is highly improbable.

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So that limewashing is not entirely for killing plague

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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,

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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 ?

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One advantage is that it enables you to know that the

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And that is really after all the only reason that can

be adduced for this measure?

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And the getting rid of greasy substances.

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And the getting rid of plague, and such diɛsas AS

tuberculosis ?

Are there any other discanos - diphtheria, ot scarlet (347)

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Yes.

fover ?

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There is no organism for scarlet fever, but there is

for diphtheria, but it is so very rare here that line-

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