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it is not uncommon for them to kill the rodents caught in the Government traps and to throw the carcases into the reception tins. The total number of rats collected was 135,417 of which only 4299 were taken alive. All rats collected were sent to the Public Mortuaries for examination.
During the year four rats only were found to be plague infected and these came from property adjoining the water front. They may have come from some ship, for numerous steamers, junks and sampans tie up at the various wharfs and rats experience no difficulty in passing from ship to shore or vice versa especially during the small hours of the morning.
Preventive Measures against Small-pox.
Under the Vaccination Ordinance, all Public Vaccinators are under the control of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services who is Superintendent of Vaccination. As Registrar of Births and Deaths the Head of the Sanitary Department is responsible for ensuring the vaccination of all children whose births are registered.
Vaccinations were performed by:
(a) the Public Vaccinators.
(b) the M.O's in charge of Government Hospitals.
(c) the M.O's in charge of Chinese Hospitals.
(d) the M.O's in charge of Chinese Public Dispensaries.
(e) the members of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade under the Assistant Commissioner.
Altogether 323,709 were performed.
Preventive Measures against Cholera, Dysentery, Enteric, etc.
The usual routine measures against the spread of bowel diseases continued to be taken, viz. the purification of the Public Water Supplies, and the closing of wells.
No case of locally acquired cholera has been notified since September 1922.
Preventive Measures against Tuberculosis.
The measures taken against Tuberculosis were:-
(a) The periodical general cleansing of premises.
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it is not uncommon for them to kill the rodents caught in the Government traps and to throw the carcases into the reception tins. The total number of rats collected was 135,417 of which only 4299 were taken alive. All rats collected were sent to the Public Mortuaries for examination.
During the year four rats only were found to be plague infected and these came from property adjoining the water front. They may have come from some ship, for numerous steamers, junks and sampans tie up at the various wharfs and rats ex- perience no difficulty in passing from ship to shore or vice versa especially during the small hours of the morning.
Preventive Measures against Small-pox.
Under the Vaccination Ordinance, all Public Vaccinators are under the control of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services who is Superintendent of Vaccination. As Registrar of Births and Deaths the Head of the Sanitary Department is responsible for ensuring the vaccination of all children whose births are registered.
Vaccinations were performed by:
(a) the Public Vaccinators.
(b) the M.O's in charge of Government Hospitals.
(c) the M.O's in charge of Chinese Hospitals.
(d) the M.O's in charge of Chinese Public Dispen-
saries.
(e) the members of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade
under the Assistant Commissioner.
Altogether 323,709 were performed.
Preventive Measures against Cholera, Dysentery, Enteric, etc.
The usual routine measures against the spread of bowel diseases continued to be taken, viz. the purification of the Public Water Supplies, and the closing of wells.
No case of locally acquired cholera has been notified since September 1922.
Preventive Measures against Tuberculosis.
The measures taken against Tuberculosis were:-
(a) The periodical general cleansing of premises.
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