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(c) Isolation and treatment of cases;

(a) Introduction of legislation restricting sale of

food;

(e) Propaganda;

(f) Special vigilance by Sanitary Inspectors.

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(a) Inspection & Examination of Passengers.

At a meeting of the Executive Council on 4th August, at

which the Acting D.M. S. attended, the Governor-in-Council con-

sidered the question of declaring Canton an infected port on

account of Cholera. The Council was not in favour of imposing

quarantine restrictions on arrivals from Canton, but, on account

of the immense danger of importing infection into Hong Kong

through the thousands coming daily by river steamer and railway,

it was recommended that all passengers travelling by these routes

should be inspected on arrival.

Accordingly it was decided to carry out measures similar to

those adopted in 1932 viz :-

(1) that the boats should be examined at the wharves.

(ii) that the police should co-operate with the heal th

staff.

(iii) that the health staff should take the necessary

steps to ensure that all passenger decks, kitchens and lavatories were thoroughly cleansed after the passengers had landed.

(iv) that the steamship companies be asked to afford

all possible assistance.

Arrangements were made for the Port Health staff to carry

out the instructions issued for the examination of passengers

arriving from Canton by steamer or by rail and the staff was

strengthened by the employment of a Chinese Medical Officer and

a Chinese Health Inspector.

Arrangements were made with the Kowloon and Canton Railway

Department whereby all passengers from Canton could be inspected

without derangement of traffic and with the least possible in-