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June 18th 1894

The Chinese Officials at Peking are treating the plague as a foreign import. Any Chinaman taken with the plague is immediately seized and placed in a hulk or the "Glass room" (? Glass huts) fumigated with sulphur, and given land water to drink. His relatives are not permitted to see him; and Chinese doctors are not allowed to treat his complaint. After death he is buried in line; his family are not allowed to take the corpse away and bury it in a coffin. Two or three hundred persons are collected to a house, and sit on the bare ground helplessly awaiting death. The result is that great numbers are perishing. Lately police are set to make inspection street by street. Should they find one sick man in a house they at once force him to go out, and they destroy the building and burn the clothes and belongings of the patient.

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June 18th 1894 The Chinese Officials at Peking are treating the plague as a foreign import. Any Chinaman taken with the plague is immediately seized and placed in a hulk or the "Glass room" (? Glass huts) fumigated with sulphur, and given land water to drink. His relatives are not permitted to see him; and Chinese doctors are not allowed to treat his complaint. After death he is buried in line; his family are not allowed to take the corpse away and bury it in a coffin. Two or three hundred persons are collected to a house, and sit on the bare ground helplessly awaiting death. The result is that great numbers are perishing. Lately police are set to make inspection street by street. Should they find one sick man in a house they at once force him to go out, and they destroy the building and burn the clothes and belongings of the patient.
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4. "anslation (coby) 555 Viceroy of Carla C.O. Bung di Ganzen 14182 Cantor (Red 13 AUG 34) June 18th 1894 The fruige Officials at bingking Ar treating the plague to the foreign buttod- Any Chinaman taken with the plague is sindediately seized and placed in hulk or the ہیں "Glass room" (? Glass trocks) fumigated with sulphur, and given land water to drink. Ais relatives are permitted to до lot to see him; and Chinen doctors an hot allowed to treat his Complaint. After death be s buried in line: his family to hot allowed to take the corpse away and bury it to a coffin. Zwe three hundred persons are n theus Collected to a touse, and sit on the bare ground helplessly awaiting dwait. The result to that great dumbers are perishing. Last day police are set to hake bispection Strut by street. Should Louse, they find one lick han tin a they at once force him to have out, and they destroy the building and burn the Clotter and belongings of the patient_ Buse
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4.

"anslation (coby)

555

Viceroy of

Carla

C.O.

Bung di Ganzen

14182

Cantor

(Red 13 AUG 34)

June 18th 1894

The fruige Officials at bingking

Ar

treating the plague to the foreign buttod- Any Chinaman taken with the plague is sindediately seized and placed in

hulk or the

ہیں

"Glass room" (? Glass trocks)

fumigated with sulphur, and given land

water to drink. Ais relatives are

permitted to

до

lot

to see him; and Chinen

doctors an hot allowed to treat his Complaint. After death be s buried in line:

his family to hot allowed to take

the corpse away and bury it to a coffin. Zwe three hundred persons are

n

theus

Collected to a touse, and sit on the bare ground helplessly awaiting dwait. The result to that great dumbers are perishing. Last day police are set to hake bispection Strut by street. Should

Louse, they find one lick han tin a they at once force him to have out, and

they destroy the building and burn the Clotter and belongings of the patient_

Buse

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