CO129-532-4 Mui Tsai system- resolution and correspondence with private individuals 27-10-1930 - 24-6-1931 — Page 37

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disinfection of the premises by the Sanitary

Department.

This view is borne out by

the fact that a considerable proportion

of the bodies found are those of persons

who have died of smallpox. The death rate

and the rate of infant mortality are very high,

particularly among the lower classes

of Chinese.

16. This problem has for many years

been a matter of grave concern to the Hong

Kong Government, particularly from the point

of view of the future spread of epidemics,

and constant efforts have been made to

enlist the support of the representatives

of the more enlightened Chinese opinion

to combat the evil, Special notices were issued

in March, 1930, in Chinese, pointing out

the illegality of the practice.

Every

abandoned corpse is removed to the public

mortuary for post mortem investigation, but in

almost every case no cause is discovered

for