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Medical supervision of the passengers and crew during the period of quarantine and vaccination when necessary were attended to before Pratique was granted. Forty-one cases of infectious disease were investigated and found to be due to non-quarantinable diseases. These were dealt with in the usual This involved the examination of 329 sick persons and many special visits to ships in the harbour. Thirty-nine vessels were fumigated for varying reasons during the year. Each fumigation was supervised by a Health Officer.

manner.

The total number of persons medically inspected during 1924 amounted to 290,220 which is equivalent to 795 examinations for each day of the year as compared with a daily rate of 600 for

1924.

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Table I.

Showing emigration passes and rejections for 1925.

Port of Destination,

Straits Settlements United States of America Canada Honolulu

Dutch East Indies

Passed. Crews.

Rejected.

98,484

9,077

326

6,280 13,979

44.

5,256

14,705

49

6,274

58

11,889

3,669

101

British North Borneo

2,472

1,487

40

Belawan Deli and Muntok

4,924

3,536

55

Australia and New Zealand

1,207

2,074

31

South Sea Islands

1,001

117

3

Shanghai and Japan

1,798

7

626

669

20

188

4

392

108

11

181

337

854

94

3

534

1,472

241

142,598

51,324

756

IV. VACCINATION DEPARTMENT.

The Vaccination Ordinance, 1923, requires that all emigrants from the Colony shall be protected against small-pox. Emigrants can be vaccinated at the Government Centre cheaply and effi- ciently. 7724 presented themselves for this purpose as compared with 1877 for last year.

In addition 2108 non-emigrants were vaccinated at the Centre. At the examination of emigrants on board ships those who in the opinion of the Health Officer were not sufficiently protected had to undergo re-vaccination.

During the year I was assisted for varying periods by Dr. Craig, Newton, Tsoi and Shin.

B. H. MELLON, Health Officer of the Port.

South America Panama Mexico

South Africa Mauritius Rangoon Manila

Total

Table II.

Showing monthly returns of emigrants, crews and rejections.

Rejections Emigrants. Crews. Rejections.

Months.

Ships Examined.

January 20th, 1926.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

£3

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24

9,710

4,045

26

23

12,143

4,250

56

27

21,262

4,654

132

33

20,741

5,493

156

31

17,731

5,914

165

26

14,556

4,543

125

6

1,025

1,564

18

3,325

4,478

11

20

7,212

3,902

20

11,874

4,666

18

25

10,734

4,256

15

12,285

3,559

32

Total

280

142,598

51,324

756

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