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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 627 with 81,195 passengers and a crew personnel of 64,877.
All were examined and those from smallpox infected ports were vaccinated. Where necessary medical supervision of passengers and crews was carried out before pratique was granted.
The total number of persons medically inspected during 1929 was 442,751 or an average of 1,213 examinations a day.
One hundred and twenty-seven vessels were fumigated during the year. Fumigations are carried out by a private company but each operation is supervised by a Health Officer.
EMIGRATION.
The Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915 requires that emigrant ships shall have:-
(1) Proper and sufficient living accommodation.
(2) Proper and sufficient sanitary requirements.
(3) Proper and sufficient hospital accommodation.
(4) A sufficient supply of drugs, medical equipment and disinfectants.
It also makes provision for :-
(1) A proper diet scale.
(2) The prevention of the export of the unfit.
(3) The prevention of the export of infectious disease.
The Vaccination Ordinance 1923 requires that all emigrants from the Colony shall be protected against smallpox by vaccination.
The duty of carrying out the sanitary and medical inspection and for vaccinating those who are insufficiently protected falls on the Port Health Authorities.
Emigrants are classified as :—
(a) Free emigrants or those who pay their own passages.
(b) Assisted emigrants or those whose passages are paid by their prospective employers.
(c) Women and children.
The total number of emigrants examined during the year was 235,554 of whom 220,498 were free and 15,056 assisted.
The number of rejections was 750.
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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 627 with 81,195 passengers and a crew personnel of 64,877.
All were examined and those from smallpox infected ports were vac- cinated. Where necessary medical supervision of passengers and crews was carried out before pratique was granted.
The total number of persons medically inspected during 1929 was 442,751 or an average of 1,213 examinations a day.
One hundred and twenty-seven vessels were fumigated dur- ing the year. Fumigations are carried out by a private company but each operation is supervised by a Health Officer.
EMIGRATION.
The Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915 requires that emigrant ships shall have:-
(1) Proper and sufficient living accommodation.
(2) Proper and sufficient sanitary requirements. (3) Proper and sufficient hospital accommodation.
(4) A sufficient supply of drugs, medical equipment and
disinfectants.
It also makes provision for :-
(1) A proper diet scale.
(2) The prevention of the export of the unfit.
(3) The prevention of the export of infectious disease.
The Vaccination Ordinance 1923 requires that all emigrants from the Colony shall be protected against smallpox by vac- cination.
The duty of carrying out the sanitary and medical inspec- tion and for vaccinating those who are insufficiently protected falls on the Port Health Authorities.
Emigrants are classified as :—-
(a) Free emigrants" or those who pay their own
passages.
(b) Assisted emigrants or those whose passages are paid
by their prospective employers.
(c) Women and children.
The total number of emigrants examined during the year was 235,554 of whom 220,498 were free and 15,056 assisted.
The number of rejections was 750.
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