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there is little chance of promoting voluntary co-operation between them and the authorities in the matter of the prevention and control of disease until they can be brought to understand the true nature of the problems and are conscious of the usefulness of the measures advocated. The proximity of China and the constant intercourse make it harder to overcome prejudices than is the case in countries further afield. The greatest hope lies in propaganda and education brought to the homes through public health nurses working as district visitors, or infant welfare centres and school welfare centres.
24. Propaganda which does not arouse the interest of the mother and her children has little practical value. However, leaders of opinion in China and leaders of Chinese thought in Hong Kong are making vigorous efforts to promote public health and public welfare along lines which have proved successful in the Occident, and the outlook is far more hopeful than was the case a few years ago when Chinese thought on matters of health was unduly swayed by old traditions and theories.
Quarantine impractical between Hong Kong and the River Ports.
25. So closely related are Hong Kong, Canton, Macao and the River Ports, in the matter of trade, and such is the amount of traffic both human and goods which passes between them that up to date it has been found impossible to devise any system of quarantine which would effectually safeguard one city against introduction of disease from the other and at the same time preserve that freedom of commercial movements on which these cities depend for prosperity. It has been deemed best to treat them as forming one unit, as suburbs the one of the other, and to strive for a working agreement between the various health organisations to the end that some means, other than imposing restrictions against a whole port, may be found to prevent the spread of infection.
The Government Organisation for the promotion and maintenance of the Public Health.
26. The Colony has no Municipality in the accepted sense of the term, the Governor himself being head of the city and head of the port. The functions of a Municipal Council are to some extent exercised by an Urban Council whose powers are advisory rather than executive. Colonial Heads of Department perform duties which in a Municipality would be carried out by Municipal Heads of Department. The execution of the various public health laws is effected partly by the Medical Department, partly by the Sanitary Department, and partly by the Public Works Department.
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there is little chance of promoting voluntary co-operation be- tween them and the authorities in the anatter of the prevention and control of disease until they can be brought to understand the true nature of the problems and are conscious of the useful- ness of the measures advocated. The proximity of China and the constant intercourse make it harder to overcome prejudices than is the case in countries further afield. The greatest hope lies in propaganda and education brought to the homes through public health nurses working as district visitors, or infant welfare centres and school welfare centres.
24. Propaganda which does not arouse the interest of the mother and her children has little practical value. However, leaders of opinion in China and leaders of Chinese thought in Hong Kong are making vigorous efforts to promote public health and public welfare along lines which have proved successful in the Occident, and the outlook is far more hopeful than was the case a few years ago when Chinese thought on matters of health was unduly swayed by old traditious and theories.
Quarantine impractical between Hong Kong and the
River Ports.
25. So closely related are Hong Kong, Canton, Macao and the River Ports, in the matter of trade, and such is the amount of traffic both human and goods which passes between them that up to date it has been found impossible to devise any system of quarantine which would effectually safeguard one city against introduction of disease from the other and at the same time preserve that freedom of commercial movements on which these cities depend for prosperity. It has been deemed best to treat them as forming one unit, as suburbs the one of the other, and to strive for a working agreement between the various health organisations to the end that some means, other than imposing restrictions against a whole port, may be found to prevent the spread of infection.
The Government Organisation for the promotion and
maintenance of the Public Health.
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26. The Colony has no Municipality in the accepted sense of the term, the Governor himself being head of the city and head of the port. The functions of a Municipal Council are to some extent exercised by an Urban Council whose powers are advisory rather than executive. Colonial Heads of Depart- ment perform duties which in a Municipality would be carried out by Municipal Heads of Department. The execution of the various public health laws is effected partly by the Medical Department, partly by the Sanitary Department, and partly by the Public Works Departinent.
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