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(b) instructions for guidance of clerks in charge

of the Turig Wa Hospital Dispensaries

(1) when superintending disinfection

of premises;

(2) encoffining bodies of persons dead

of infectious disease;

(3) for removal of sick persons or

dead bodies.

The measures that most nearly

touch the Chinese population are general cleansing and

disinfection. It will be observed that notice, which

always covers 3 clear days, is given to the inhabitants to

enable them to cleanse their houses themselves. At the

expiration of the period the cleansing gang of the Sanitary

Department arrives, in charge of an Inspector who either

speaks Chinese or is attended by an Interpreter, not for

the purpose of cleansing the houses but merely to supply

the inhabitants with soft Soap, hot water, and disinfect-

-ants with which they are allowed to cleanse their dwell-

ings themselves under the supervision of the Inspector. It

is a remarkable fact that almost invariably the inhabitants

do not cleanse their houses beforehand, but wait till the

Inspector and his gang arrive. This fact is not consistent

with the existence of fear of, and hostility towards, the

Staff who are entrusted with this work.

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