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(e.) Inoculation in plague-infected

localities.

These duties are apart from the ordi- nary duties of the Sanitary Staff and render necessary special arrangements for their performance.

11.-(a.) Division of town into dis- tricts and appointment of a Medical man and a Sanitary Inspector to each district.

(b.) Their duty to be discovery of

cases, house to house visitation, and supervision of preventive

measures.

(c.) Zone of houses surrounding an infected house to be inspected by Medical man daily.

(d.) History of cases to be traced

out and recorded.

(e.) Whereabouts of friends who have had communication with the sick to be ascertained.

(f) Rats in zone of houses to be

destroyed.

12. Inoculation with Haffkine's pro- phylactic to be encouraged.

13. Medical inspection of incoming passengers from Canton and Macao to be carried out.

14. Establishment of Private Hospital with Chinese Doctors and Nurses may be allowed under proper safeguards.

The rat-catching and disinfecting staff of the Board have been inoculated (includ- ing the Medical Officer of Health) but the general community have not taken the matter up although it is offered free to all.

The pick of the permanent officers have been detailed for plague duty but it is hoped that next year there will be a special plague staff independent of the staff for general sanitary duties. ·

Endeavours were made to obtain medi- cal men from India, but as this failed, Ja- panese doctors were obtained---six being posted to the twelve health districts, but as they had no knowledge of English their services were found to be ineffective and four were sent back, two (of these six) being retained for bactereological work in connection with the examination of rats.

This is done by the Chinese students of medicine mentioned at 10 (a.)

This is done.

This is also done as far as possible.

This is done by the rat-poisoners.

The Chinese are very averse to this at present.

This is being done as regards Macao.

Several have been sanctioned.

SECOND MEMORANDUM.

Paragraphs of. Report.

5. Building Ordinance requires com- plete revision.

These recommendations are being em- bodied in a Bill which has been prepared by Mr. CHADWICK and Prof. SIMPSON and which will be presented to Government shortly.