XN000022-1986-08-11 — Page 5

MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1986

THE BOY DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS OF DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING ON AUGUST 5, AND WAS ADMITTED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL ON AUGUST 6 WHEN IT WAS SUSPECTED HE WAS SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA.

HEALTH OFFICERS FROM THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT VISITED HIS HOME IN MONG KOK LAST WEEK TO EXAMINE HIS HOME CONTACTS AND TO DISINFECT THE PREMISES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EMPHASISED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO LOCAL CASE IN THE PAST TWO DAYS.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INOCULATED AT THE EIGHT GOVERNMENT CLINICS AND THE PORT HEALTH OFFICES DROPPED DRASTICALLY TODAY, TO 1 684 BY 4 PM.

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LAST WEEK A TOTAL OF 92 283 PEOPLE WERE INOCULATED 81 141 AT THE CLINICS AND 11 142 AT THE PORT HEALTH OFFICES.

THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INOCULATED TODAY:

SAI YING PUN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC SHAU KEI WAN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB POLYCLINIC LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC, TSUEN WAN YUEN LONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE SHEK WU HUI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC TAI PO JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC PORT HEALTH OFFICES

75

90

310

285

225

155

40

93

411

USD DISINFECTION CENTRES HELP ARREST SPREAD OF DISEASE

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IN DISCHARGING ITS DUTY OF SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC HEALTH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OPERATES TWO DISINFECTION CENTRES ON EACH SIDE OF THE HARBOUR FOR CARRYING OUT STERILISATION OF CLOTHING OR ARTICLES.

DURING THE RECENT CHOLERA OUTBREAK, CLOTHES WORN BY CHOLERA VICTIMS WERE SENT TO THESE CENTRES FOR DISINFECTION.

+EACH CENTRE IS INSTALLED WITH AN ULTRA HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM DISINFECTOR WHICH CAN HANDLE 100 BLANKETS OR AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF CLOTHING AT ONE TIME,+ SAID A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY.

/+CLOTHING OR