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over the whole city. Consequ_

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ently

the 19th of that month it was declared by the Sanitary Board to be ~ epidemic and from that__ date the Wealth Officer for the Port ceased issuing clean Bills of Health to vessels leaving HongKong.

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About the same time. the ordinary staff of the Sani- tary Board was increased by the appointment as temporary Inspectors of Nuisances of nine

European

European Police Constables, who

were entrusted with the

duty.

of aiding in the supervision of the inspecting, cleansing, and disinfecting of houses.

It is a somewhat re-

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markable fact that during the latter part of February and the first 3 weeks in March,

while the disease was in-

-was

creasing in Hongkong, Canton reported to have become almost entirely free from it, the immunity it enjoyed being

attributed