CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4] — Page 168

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Hongkong,

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Government. House,

February, 1901.

I have the honour to inform you that

the question of the more careful and exhaustive investi-

gation into the causes of Plague, Malaria, Leprosy, Beri

Beri and Rinderpest has been occupying my attention for

some months.

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at once E;T 30/111

As regards Malaria, a most serious

question for this Colony, the public interest has been

thoroughly awakened by the publication of the Reports

forwarded from the Colonial Office. An experiment has

been made by the Military Authorities on the advice of

Dr. Young, a Civil Medical Officer attached to the China Expeditionary Force, that will test the value of exten-

sive clearance, and training of nullahs, For some years

an excellent range of buildings erected as a Sanatorium

for the Troops at Magazine Gap has been abandoned in

consequence of the ravages made by Malarial Fever. The

Sanatorium was built on the summit of a hill enclosed

on three sides in a basin of higher hills, but open to

the breezes blowing North and South through Magazine Gap

The entire hill and the surrounding hills were dovered

with

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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