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During the year no ships were detained in quarantine.
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 384 with 45,176 passengers and a crew personnel of 43,176. All were examined and those from small-pox 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 1930 was 343,281 of an average of 940 examinations a day.
One hundred and fifteen 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 small-pox 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 paid by their prospective employers.
(c) Women and children.
The total number of emigrants examined during the year was 193,209 of whom 184,934 were free and 8,275 assisted.
The number of rejections was 625.
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During the year no ships were detained in quarantine.
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 384 with 45,176 passengers and a crew personnel of 43,176. All were examined and those from small-pox 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 1930 was 343,281 of an average of 940 examinations a day.
One hundred and fifteen 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 small-pox by vaccination.
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
paid by their prospective employers.
(c) Women and children.
The total number of emigrants examined during the was 193,209 of whom 184,934 were free and 8,275 assisted
The number of rejections was 625.
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