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CHOLERA MENACE.

Mortallly

The average death-rate in cholera

is about 30 per eout. Soane epido INSTRUCTIVE LECTURE BY mics are more deadly than thors.

DR. LI SHU FAN.

THE DISEASE AND ITS PREVENTION,

In vins of the present epidemic

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1932.

CHOLERA FIGURES

FOR LAST WEEK.

IMPORTED.

1 believe the cnd-mortality in the NINE FATAL CASES: THREE present apidemic in far balew the "aboyo figure. The disenys, pevaliar- ly, is always more deadly in the (earlier than the, laser stages of an epidemic. Modern treatment with.

Roger's hypertonic solation given

Public Preventive Measures.

of cholera in Canton and the intravenously has reduced the case- consequent menace to Hong Kolig, Į mortality enormously. the following text of a lecture de livered by Dr. Li Shi Fan, before a large gathering at King's College n Moulay night is most oppor tune and highly instructive. Dr. Tri, who is a brilliant graduate of Edinburgh University and a ber of the Sapitary Board, said:-

· Cholura is an acute infectious, disease due to the implantation of the thorn vibrio in the gastre. intestinal tract. characterised by

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Water Supply: Fortunately the water supply in Hong Kong is wholesome. Elsewhere, where th supply is drawn from wolls or rivers, it is exceedingly dangerous during these times. Whenever the water supply is suspicious, one re-

inbir method is to add one dram" fot Potassium Permadgonate po fevery, gallon of water, and at the end of 4 hours it will he rendy

repenteľ parging, macular cramps for use, the purple colour having and ris calianse

then disappeared. Gerai people profer using bleaching powder, and

This disease is endemic in certain

parts of the tropics such as if the odour of chlorine in not a India, while it occasionally asses jucted to, it is also good method an epidemie form in temperate zoues of water disinfection. especially in the Summer. *1 spread of chatern is very much favoured by excessive humidity.

Quarantino Provencia.

It is true that so far we have every confidence for the purity of our water supply, but it does not imply that because of this, the

Earlier records show that chalets is a disease of the remoteat Mali- quity in Bengal and has from Liew «to time pread as un epidemie over danger of an Epidemis will not the rest of India. In 1817 it begar | arise, For instaures, it was estimat to extend all orey Asia.

ed that in the Naples epidemic of 1911, 90 per cent. of the cases were due to direct ruatact with patients

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I believe that with the existing system of conservancy we should be extremely enstions and vigilant,

During last week there were nine fatal casos (three imported) of chefern, one fatal case of small-pex, one case of diphtheria, seven cases (three denthu) of ontaric, one fatal case of paratyphoid fever, three fatal cases of meningitis and 7 deaths from pulmonary tubey. elosis.

Two cases of cholera (one import- ed and two cases of enteric (one importad). were reported on Mon- day,

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IN CANTON.

FURTHER SIGNS OF

ABATEMENT,

The Canton Cholera epidemie s

FUNG MURDER TRIAL

HOW THE SPOILS WERE DIVIDED:

CHAUFFEUR'S EVIDENCE,

STORY OF THE GUNS AND

HYPODERMIC SYRINGE...

The case in which, Chong Kwok Yau is charged with prouuring the murder of George Fung was continued at Central Magistracy yesterday when Tsui Yung Sam, a shaufour in the employ of Mr. Gocke, continued his evidence.

The distribution; of the 85,000 handed to him by Ab Lau the accused's driver) was explained by Tsui who showed how the money was apportioned. In the course of his evidence Taui stated that the last time he saw Ah Lat was on March ge and that he under- stood that Ah Law had anilad for Shanghai even before the man Wong had sailed.

A REPORT, A FLASH AND A SCREAM.

The Murder.

Witness commencing his evidence I walked down Shan Kwong Road at a point where he had left of on arm in arm. the day before, said that on March reported to have shown signs of but the latter got away in Car 78. 19 or 19 they lay in wait for Fung

further abatement. During the 21

After that, witness, Ah To (bus hours ending at midnight last Sundriver) and Wong (the Shanghai day, the Foug Bin Hospital revived 1 man) returned to 17. Man Chunk the car to move very slowly and i

only 21 cholera enses of which swo proved fatal mot long after ad- naiasion..

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The Canton Municipal Hospital reported that on the same day, ten ehndera patients were admitted for treatment, and that they have since The trio in a commu-shaped

been making satisfactory progress. mierole, and can only be detected

Applications for admittaus of by the überoscope with a magnifier- tion of was 1,000 times. It thrives with healthy, carriers. Further, cholera cases received by the various readily" in almost any food-stuff.

private hospitals in the city have The vibro may survive as long as

in the last few days been great 14 days in sen-water, hence the

(deal less und among those admitted danger of partially-coted fab, and although a few minutes of drying Quarantine, theoretically, is an; the number of fatal ruses ape com- wil k it outright, it may live theient mensure against the intrapartively few. for. Nevral weeks is moist linen. It is for very largely in the fluction of cholern into vomited patents ad stools of Imunity; practically, sa far, it pas cholern patients.

(proved a failure in äther parts of ilha oworld. Unless quarantine re- Rulatipus are applied in time and most stringently enforced, sich pro- tection is valueless, for the simple

Mode of Infection.

Choiera is essentially water. borne disease, There is therefore an' danger of air infection, The

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Sources of infection are:-

(1) Water: Water il undoubtedly reason that if these mensures are

carried out half heartedly, they"

the source of infection in almay do more harm than good by must every epidemic. Food and frais washed by infected and may lead to the neglect of other ereating a false sense of security water, if uncooked, in 411- efficient hygienic measures. doubtedly dangerous during isolation of the sick is, always a The (2) Cholera Carriors: Either becessity. Any quarantine

cause of high bodily resistance effective should include the exami of the individual or having ation and treatment of carrier been very mildly infected, cases, certnin people do not develop

suen epidemies.

Food and Fruit.

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the disease and may he The sale of cold food and drinks. parently healthy, yet virulent and eveu cooked food, in my Virios are present in their opinion, should be strictly con- SLOPIS. These pers045 are trolled under licens. In this con- kresa de carriers Food muy action I should like to point out they be infected unaware by that the invariable practice in rooks 13 attendents. The easing houses of sprinkling chips duration of such infectivity is of certain Bavouring raw vigttable usually or 2 weeks, eldon on the top of cooked dishes before logor than two months. It being served should be abolished, convalescent patients the vibrio may he present in the tools for few days and rarely longer than 3 weeks.

ILL-TREATING A BABY GIRL.

"WOMAN FINED $25.

A woman living at 5, Lascar Row, was fined 825 by Mr. Wyung-Janes at the Centrul Police Court yester- day when she was charged with it.

child:

Fong, where Lau's wife called. Witness, as a result of a message from Lau's wife, wont to 50, Village Road and entered by the back door,

He went to a back room and saw Leu lying on a bed. Lau gave him $20 in notes for expenses.

Mr. Lindsell: What sort of ex- penses -For trifling expenses and other things.

What expenses had you in fact incurred at that time 1-Food and travelling expenses to and fro,

How much-Over $100,..

Does that include the rent of the furniture and hire of the cubicle'at No. 17-Not including the rent

of the room.

After receiving 850, what did you do-After I received the money, I went to 17, Man Chung Foug and pave Wong $10.

You have already mentioned the Cantonese, Ab Kwan. How did he come into this case-I went to call him.

:

As they worn walking down. Wong Witness did not see what happened followed and caught up with them. to Kwar or Ah To but he ordered

of 90 to 100 yards. Menawhile, to follow the couple at distancu

said witness, "Wong caught up with the couple. He heard a raport, saw a flash and heard a woman scream. He did not see what happened to the people but the car quickened and when witness passed the spot he saw a group of people thero. The car went straight down and when it got there it was turned and was

Feat ap Shan Kwong Rond, Village

Roud and then down Shing Wo Road to the Dragon Gäruge. Wit new then lighted from the car and went on foot-to 17, Man Chang Fong. He went to the rear cubicle, to obtain his gun but it was not there but he found it in a hole in. the wall in a lavatory.

After finding the gun, witness. went out and found Ah To at the door and as a consequence of what Ab To told him he went next door (No. 1) where he found Wong in treating an 18-months-old femaleigh I beeived the $50, I sent of workroom. Witness called Wong When did you do that 7-On the the back room which was a sort

to look for him. 1 did not And it and the three of them proceed- him that night but saw him next ed together to Shing Wo Road morning,

where the car was waiting and the Attorney General, witness said the car was paid off. They went up. In answer to further questions by drove to Yin Wah Street, where

that having found, the Cantonese, to the first floor of Yiu Wah Street Ah Kwan, he took him down to and stayed in the front room for Happy Valley and showed him the 15 minutes, after which another car locality by taking him over Shao was set for and Wong went to the Kwong Bond, Village Road and Star Ferry Wharf on it while wit Shing Wo Road..

"Sub-Inspector Fraser, Child Wel fary Inspector at the Secretariat of Chinese Affairs, stated that on

Saturday he received information that the child was being beaten the home of the woman, and went there accompanied by a lady inspec- for They found the child's legs movered with bruises.

it

From investigations made, Personal Provsutive, Measures.

would appear that the child was All unecked food and fruit presented to the woman by a form- should be carefully avoided. Fruit, er principal tenant of the floor if unripe or over-ripe, causes gastric (3) Flies: It is now an establis irritation and upsets digestion, when the woman claimed was her

ed fæet that flies de carry and if washed in infected water, gödmother. fection, to exposed food and it becomes at once infectious. As drinks. 1 was found that ordinary freezing does not kill thement Civil Hospital, to whom the Dr. C. H. Thomas, of the Govern. the house dy harbours the cholera vibrio; all cold drinks in child was taken for examination, vibrio as long as 5 days. In feluding milk and ice, are danger told the Court that he found the a certain epidemic chewhere on All entables, if imported from legs of the child covered with erhalf of the infected houses infected areas, should be thoroughly bruises consistent with her, being were found with fien infected.oked or eschewed. During a de- The incubation period, that is,clared epidemic, water used for the

beaten with a small flat stick such the period between the infection washing of dishes, utensils and cut-

as that exhibited in court. The and the out-break of the diseaselery should be boiled. varies from a few hours to a few daya, seldom more than a week..

ed.

The

ness returned to his master's house in Pokfulam.

Mr. Lindsell: Did you point out

On March 6, said witness, he saw. any particular place to him-The Ah Lan Chatur Boad near Wat scavenging lane at the back of Manson's. Witness hed his car parked Chung. Fong,

there whon Ah Lau drove past some Anything else -Nothing else.

time after 9 a.m. in Car 2002. They Witness said that it was by this which witares wmt at about 11:30 had a conversation as a result of time that both his guns were taken The small gun down to 17, Man Chung Fong he was handed four 8500 notes by a.m. to 20, Yiu Wah Street, where Was loaded with seven rounda and the larger one

Lau. was loaded with three

Mr. Lindell: Why did he rounds.

pay Both were kept in a drawer in ame the money previously for strik you the money -He had promised chest of drawers. The Cantonese, ing Fung down. Ah Kwan knew the guns were there.

What did you do with the notes! - pocketed them, took a 'bus and went to the city.

child was somewhat under-nourish-

Keep the general besith good and avoid fatigue. The digestive or charge, said the child

woman, replying to the refused What are the Initial Symptoms?

gans should be in the beat of eun- ditions: avoid irritable and in-fretting.

nourishment and was continuously The out is abrupt, usually with digestable food such as shell-fish, .out warning, Cobwencing with etc., and alcohol taken ou an empty could have had the child examined His Worship observed that she severe purging followed rapidly by stomach. In short, any food which by a doctor, as that was the obvi- vomiting which may become in- is indigeatable and which may cause cessant. Very so mucular cramps inflamation of the stomach or in-

ous thing to do, appear, pecially in the legs which testine or dinryhoen should be rigor may be agonizing. As the reault of Lously avoided, as it lowers the the rapid loss of body fluid, thirst vitality of the digestive organs and TSUN WAN MURDER. went to 17, Maz Chung Fong at later a 9000 note was changed at becomes extreme, while progresive the general resistance of the in- exhaustion inevitably follows. The dividual. For the same reason do stools although at first yellow, soon not take bowel-opening medicine become white; hence the name "rice unless really nOCORANTY, water stools was given. When Al antables should he "protected the purging in, frequent the stools against flies-do not forget, how- are odourless. The temperature is over. the destruction of flies and generally ander normal and the their larva. Night-oil recaptacles pulse becomes feeble. Although con- should be well covered with d or sciousson is retained at this stage, a good layer of ash after usa enth collapse may ensue at sny moment time. The patient may now gradually re As a medicinal proventive, Tomb's cover or pass on to the next serious Mixture of essential oil is effective. stage, the stage of collapse. It is taken in dosen of one dram,

once daily.

I do not propose to describe this atuge on the final stage which a called the stage of reaction au the above descriptions are suficient for i the public to recognize the onset of the disonse..

ASUKO

Inoculation with Anti-Cholera Vaccine.

The value of this is now aniversal. I will only add that during saly recognised. The vacsine is made epidemie all grades "of severity from killed microbes and should be occur such as the apparently healthy constantly kept in-ion. Three in cholera arrier enses, or cases of pjections are required at the interval Cholering, a mild type of the dis of a week after each injections, with-only slight symptoms. There is hardly any suffering or In curtain epidemics a mest severe disablement following these injec form Appears called Cholersions. The immunity conferred Sicen," a dry form of the disenso in lusts about four months, and this which purging in strangely absent in generally long unough to tide and death is unusually rapid. I over the epidemia. This precaution believe this type, is not found in the in one which the medical profesion

can unhesitatingly recommend,

present cases.

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SAVAGE ATTACK ON A

। WATCHMAN.

The Hypodermic Syringe. Speaking of the hypodermic syringe, witness said he saw it in

Changing of the Notes. a box at 17, Man Chung long.

Witness then related how and and held it in his hand; witness said the Arst note was changed At Ah Lau produced it from a drawer where he changed the notes. He could not say what happened to the money changer's at, the entrance the syringe,

to China Building, either en the Referring to the events or the day he received the money or on night of March 24, witness said he the following day. A few days

7.20. He saw Lay there. He the Hong Kong bunk. A third nete. went out again and proceeded to was changed a few days later at the Shan Kwong Road and returned. money changer'a deur the Star On the way back, ha saw Ah Kwan, Ferry Wharf at Kowloon. Tho Ah Wong and Ab To. The first place where the fourth note was which is alleged to be revenge, was

two were near the place where car changed could not be recalled by A brutal murder, the motive. for 79 was generally parked. Ah To the witness...

was in Village Road on the opat Did you keep the 89,000 yourself? committed in the Tsun War dis side of Shan Kwong Road. paid Ah Wong about 8500, Ab trieb on Monday night when a Witness walked down to "Sinn Kwan 81 on one occasion and waterworks watchman, residing in Kwong Road and there teleother odd amounts making 8200. I Wu Lei Hop village, near Bhing phoned for a motor car. A car alao paid the master of the shop. Mun, was stabbed to death, while arrived at 7.45 p.m. He rode in at 17, Man Chung Fong: 8150 for the victim's wife, was also, stubbed the car and renched the junction rent and furniture and $250 to in the back.

of Bhan Kwong Road and Village Air To. According to a statement made by Rand, stopping the car on the left Magistrate: What did you givo the injured woman, four men forced hand side of the road and facing the money to Ah To for --As a their way in through the front door it down Shan Kwong Road towards lonn., shortly before midnight, Ope of Happy Valley. Kwan and Wong Why did you give 8000 to. Wong? them was seen to be carrying a re- went up to the car in which witness-The money merely passed through volver, while another was armed sat and Ah To was seen to be still my hands for division, with a dagger or knife.

in Village Road.

What sort of division was this? Witooss said that he next saw-Because the object of striking Lau's wife going to the house where down Tung had been achieved and car 8 was usually parked; She the money was for that.. appeared from the direction of 50,} What division had yon, intended Village Hond. Five minutes later to carry out?--I didn't know what he saw a man and a woman come the expenses were at that time. If out of the house. Witness did not the expenses had been leus, each one see the man's face but recognised would have some more money. him as Fung while he said that the After the expenses had been paid, woman was a young woman. They (Continued on Page 10.)

As soon as they entered they fired we shots and made a savage at tack on the watchman, who was stabbed in several plnecs. After also inflicting a stab wound on the woman, the gang decamped.

The woman was removed to the Kowloon Hospital, while the body of Wong Pak, aged 45 years, was taken to the mortuary.

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