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176. The precedent established by the imposition of quarantine measures against arrivals from Canton and Macao, on account of smallpox and cholera, was a very definite advance; although the medical inspection of passengers, had to be carried out under somewhat unfavourable conditions. The overcrowding of the river vessels made it impossible to adopt the procedure followed in the inspection of ocean-going vessels.
177. 13,657 people were inoculated against cholera by port health officers, owing to the epidemic conditions prevailing in Hong Kong and neighbouring ports.
178. The Vaccination Ordinance of 1923 was rigorously enforced, and all passengers arriving in Hong Kong had to be vaccinated, unless they either showed satisfactory evidence of vaccination against smallpox within the previous five years, or had suffered from smallpox. 348,444 persons were vaccinated on board ship or at the Vaccination Centre staffed by vaccinators working under the port health officers.
179. Radio-pratique, that is the granting of pratique to incoming vessels by wireless, was introduced during the year. This procedure has had to be confined to vessels carrying no passengers of third or inferior classes.
180. All emigrants from the Colony are medically examined, and vaccinated if necessary, before leaving. 124,186 emigrants were examined in 1938, of whom 122,820 paid for their passages while 1,366 had their passages paid for them. 360 emigrants were rejected, 74,867 were vaccinated.
181. The following table shows the number of emigrants leaving Hong Kong and the proportion proceeding to the Straits Settlements during the past five years:
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 Average for period Total to all ports 138,240 158,300 164,077 245,488 124,186 166,058 To Straits Settlements 86,192 102,674 101,499 165,177 61,405 103,389Table XIV.
182. The Fumigation Bureau of the port health authority is now responsible for disinfecting ships and ridding them of rats. Deratisation certificates and deratisation exemption certificates numbered ninety-one and eighty-eight in 1938, as compared with seventy-nine and fifty-eight in 1937. The details of the methods employed in the disinfection and disinfestation of ships are given in the Report of 1937.
183. Sanitary control of aerial traffic is enforced under the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance, No. 7 of 1936, and regulations governing aircraft which were issued in 1937.
184. A new air-service, Air France, came into being during the year, and there are now six companies making regular calls at Hong Kong. No cases of infectious disease were discovered in passengers or crews arriving by air, nor were any reports received of such illnesses occurring in persons who had left Hong Kong by air.
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176. The precedent established by the imposition of quarantine measures against arrivals from Canton and Macao, on account of smallpox and cholera, was a very definite advance; although the medical inspection of passengers, had to be carried out under somewhat unfavourable conditions. The overcrowding of the river vessels made it impossible to adopt the procedure followed in the inspection of ocean-going vessels.
177. 13,657 people were inoculated against cholera by port health officers, owing to the epidemic conditions prevailing in Hong Kong and neighbouring ports.
178. The Vaccination Ordinance of 1923 was rigorously enforced, and all passengers arriving in Hong Kong had to be vaccinated, unless they either showed satisfactory evidence of vaccination against smallpox within the previous five years, or had suffered from smallpox. 348,444 persons were vaccinated on board ship or at the Vaccination Centre staffed by vaccinators working under the port health officers.
179. Radio-pratique, that is the granting of pratique to incoming vessels by wireless, was introduced during the year. This procedure has had to be confined to vessels carrying no passengers of third or inferior classes.
180. All emigrants from the Colony are medically examined, and vaccinated if necessary, before leaving. 124,186 emigrants were examined in 1938, of whom 122,820 paid for their passages while 1,366 had their passages paid for them. 360 emigrants were rejected, 74,867 were vaccinated.
181. The following table shows the number of emigrants leaving Hong Kong and the proportion proceeding to the Straits Settlements during the past five years:-
To Straits
Table XIV.
1934
1935 1936
1937
1938
Average for period
Settlements
86,192 102,674 101,499 165,177 61,405
Total to all ports 138,240 158,300 164,077 245,488 124,186
103,389
166,058
182. The Fumigation Bureau of the port health authority is now responsible for disinfecting ships and ridding them of rats. Deratisation certificates and deratisation exemption certificates numbered ninety-one and eighty-eight in 1938, as compared with seventy-nine and fifty-eight in 1937. The details of the methods employed in the disinfection and disinfestation of ships are given in the Report of 1937.
183. Sanitary control of aerial traffic is enforced under the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance, No. 7 of 1936, and regulations governing air- craft which were issued in 1937.
184.
A new air-service, Air France, came into being during the year, and there are now six companies making regular calls at Hong Kong. No cases of infectious disease were discovered in passengers or crews arriving by air, nor were any reports received of such illnesses occurring in persons who had left Hong Kong by air.
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