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passengers embarking on vessels bound for certain ports and the crews of these vessels must be examined by the Health Officer and those found medically unfit are not allowed to proceed.
The number of rejections during the year was 826 and the cause of rejection is outlined in Table III. All vessels carrying emigrants must be provided with a hospital, certain surgical instruments and a supply of drugs. These are liable to inspection by the Health Officer prior to the ship's departure. British ships entering the port may also be required to produce their medicine chests for inspection.
Asiatic emigrants are classified as under:-
(a) Free emigrants who pay their own fares. 168,541 free emigrants left during the year.
(b) Assisted emigrants to the number of 13,828 sailed mainly to work in the rubber plantations and tin mines of the Straits Settlements, the sugar plantations of Java and Hawaii, the timber forests and oil fields of Borneo or in the nitrate deposits of certain islands in the South Seas. These men have their fares paid by their employers.
(c) Women and children. These consist largely of the wives and families of the emigrants.
III. QUARANTINE DUTY.
All vessels arriving from "infected" ports and those having infectious or suspicious cases on board fly the "Q" flag and go to the quarantine anchorage for examination. The number of vessels arriving in quarantine was 1,006 with 132,830 passengers and crews of 115,961 compared with 427 vessels 49,392 passengers and crews of 46,906 last year. They underwent medical examination and vaccination in addition if bound from a small-pox infected port. The monthly return of quarantine ships are given in Table V.
Of these 1,006 steamers, 13 were detained in quarantine. For details, see Table IV. The cause of detention was small-pox in eight cases and cholera in five. Fumigation and disinfection of these vessels and of the clothing and personal effects of all on board were carried out.
Medical supervision of the passengers and crew during the period of quarantine and vaccination when necessary were attended to before pratique was granted. One hundred and thirty-one cases of infectious disease were investigated and found to be due to non-quarantinable diseases. These were dealt with in the usual manner. This involved the examination of a large number of sick persons and many special visits to ships in the Harbour.
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passengers embarking on vessels bound for certain ports and the crews of these vessels must be examined by the Health Officer and those found medically unfit are not allowed to proceed.
The number of rejections during the year was 826 and the cause of rejection is outlined in Table III. All vessels carrying einigrants must be provided with a hospital, certain surgical instruments and a supply of drugs. These are liable to inspec- tion by the Health Officer prior to the ship's departure. British ships entering the port may also be required to produce their medicine chests for inspection.
Asiatic emigrants are classified as under:-
(a) Free emigrants who pay their own fares. 168,541 free
emigrants left during the year.
(b) Assisted emigrants to the number of 13,828 sailed mainly to work in the rubber plantations and tin mines of the Straits Settlements, the sugar plantations of Java and Hawaii, the timber forests and oil fields of Borneo or in the nitrate deposits of certain islands in the South Seas. These men have their fares paid by their employers.
(e) Women and children. These consist largely of the wives
and families of the emigrants.
III. QUARANTINE DUTY.
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All vessels arriving from "infected" ports and those having infectious or suspicious cases on board fly the "Q" flag and go to the quarantine anchorage for examination. The number of vessels arriving in quarantine was 1,006 with 132,830 passengers and crews of 115,961 compared with 427 vessels 49,392 passengers and crews of 46,906 last year. They underwent medical examination and vaccination in addition if bound from a small- pox infected port. The monthly return of quarantine ships are given in Table V.
Of these 1,006 steamers, 13 were detained in quarantine. For details, see Table IV. The cause of detention was small-pox in eight cases and cholerà in five. Fumigation and disinfection of these vessels and of the clothing and personal effects of all on board were carried out.
Medical supervision of the passengers and crew during the period of quarantine and vaccination when necessary were attended to before pratique was granted. One hundred and thirty- one cases of infectious disease were investigated and found to be due to non-quarantinable diseases. These were dealt with in the usual manner. This involved the examination of a large number of sick persons and many special visits to ships in the Harbour.
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