obstruction in back yards before the Ordinance was passed. resolution was carried.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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Dr. Yersin was very willing to see representative, his one, regret being that could not speak English suficiently well to make John Chir DESERVING GEĂTUITY GRANTED. himself understood. However, if we may repeat following letter concerning the granting somebody else's joke, he spoke French exceed-Ichang Ed bf gratuity to the widow of the late inter-ingly well, and his answers to the volley of
or Shap Tin Yan was received
questions put to him were given in a manner which indicated that he had unbounded con- fidence in his important discovery. The first With reference to my letter No. 893 of question had reference to his visit to the instant I am directed to inform you #02 nment Civil Hospital Jast month, and Excellency the Governor has been heates that he was most amiably received to reconsider the case of the widow of | by t doctors there. Unfortunately he arrived Late Shan Tin Yan, and to grant her aate institution – too as there were ratuity of one hundred dollars, which sum theses of plague that he could deal with. A surer has been authorised to pay to you on case must be tackled instantly the disease is her behalf,----I have the honour to be, sir, your diagnosed, because he does not pretend that most obedient servant,
his serum cure a case two or three days
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J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary. The Secretary, Sanitary Board.
MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The mortality statistics showed a death rate 111.3 per 1,000 for the week ended 20th June, Ss against 20 for the corresponding week of fast year. For the week ended June 27th the death rate was 16.9 as against 24.4 for the dorresponding period of last year. For the week ended 4th July the rate was 13.8 as sgainst 24.6 for the corresponding period of Last year. For the week ended 11th July the rate was 19.30 as compared with 20.4.
PETITION FROM SWINE DEALERS.
A petition was laid before the Board from eight swine dealers requesting to be allowed to use the band scale for weighing swine instead of the platform scale. Various complaints were also made. The Secretary, in a minute, said there was no ground for the complaints and said that the balance weighed a single pig more rapidly than the steel yard.
It was resolved to refuse the request con- tained in the petition.
EXTENSION OF LEAVE FOR THE COLONIAL VETERINART BURGEON,
A letter was read from the Secretary of State intimating that Mr. C. V. Ladds had had his leave of absence extended, with half salary, for the three months from the 17th December next, subject to any objection raised by the officer ad- ministering the Government of Hongkong. Mr. CV. Ladds' letter to the Secretary of State applying for the extra leave was enclosed. He stated that he was anxious to go through a com- plete course of the study of bacteriology be fore he returned to the colouy, and that he re- quired the extra three mouths to finish the
course.
THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE. The Colonial Secretary_forwarded a copy of the Sale of Foods and Drugs Ordinance and said that his Excellency the Governor would be glad to receive any observations members had to make on the Bill. The Bill was read clause by clause and suggestions were made which the Secretary was instructed to forward to the Colonial Secretary.
ADJOURNMENT.
The Board then adjourned until Thursday
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After leaving the hospital here, doctor, you went to Amoy. Was your visit successful ? In every way. Plague is very bad in Amoy, and 1 myself took charge of twenty-three cases. I injected the serum into all those patients and fifteen, to my own knowledge, were cured, two died, and of the remaining six I cannot speak because I left before I had time to watch the progress of the cure.
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Then you have actually cured fifteen cases I am perfectly certain that they were all plague I am certain of that number, and of course
cases.
Did you see the patients in the Amoy hospital?
They were all in the Chinese hospital. · And treated by Chinese doctors? Chinese doctors were there, but two English doctors visited the place each day and examined the patients.
Why did you leave Amoy so soon, doctor, considering that you were doing so much good? Ah, he exclaimed with rather a disappointed look, le sérum était finiĮ
Then you cannot experiment further in Hongkong ?
I have no serum left! But, fortunately, there is practically no plague in Hongkong; in Amoy it was very bad; ?
What do you intend to do now? I shall go to Canton and Macao.... On professional business?
Oh no, for a walk-for pleasure. And of course you will obtain more serum ? Yes, I expect to go to Saigon by the next mail steamer, and then over to Nha Trang.
Then, doctor, to conclude, I may state positively that you have cured patients suffering. from plague ?
Certainly. In my own mind I am confident I have oured twenty-one cases, but as I have told you I can only speak definitely about fifteen cases; I shall have to wait some days before I learn about the others.
There is one more question, doctor. How long does the serum take to effect a cure ?
Twelve hours, on one condition--that the case is taken in hand as soon as the symptoms de velop. If I inject a patient with the serum as DEATH TO THE PLAGUE BACILLUS soon as he shows signs of plague he will be onred and able to leave the hospital twelve hours afterwards..
week.
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. YERSIN.
On the 15th July & Daily Press reporter had an interview with Dr. Yersin, who is now staying in Hongkong, and obtained from him some interesting particulars concerning his gum ours for plague. It will doubtless be remembered that the dootor came to Hongkong in 1894, having been specially sent by the Pasteur Institute, at Paris to study the effects of the terrible scourge that afflicted the colony that year. Since then he has been making series of experiments with the plague bacillus, the result being that he lies discovered what he confidently believes to be a gure for the malady: indeed, he has lately, made experiments which prove the efficacy of his valuable discovery, and Bishop Chausse, of Canton, gure the other day and interesting account in the Daily Fress of a
as oured et Canton,,, AtNha Trang, hina, the doctor possesses several which he has obtained the serum, and
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Our representative here wished the doctor every success in his worthy work and took his leave.
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The souls of animals: often enter the bodies of animated by the soul of o Chih-tung, Viceroy of N kept as a pet in his p
pate appeared about the time Excellency bears › several similar to those on the mon tive is found in his personal h decidedly simian.” The gres and seldom washes at th ablutions consist in rubbing
a damp cloth. The Viceroy new underclothes, but puts on an repair the waste underneath. dresses, and seldom goes to bed himself up in his arm chair for moments. With all this health, and his activity is incessant. has it that he is well acquainted himself, and by no means resente
In the chapter on “ Governmen darins we are told that " The righ lion is part of the Chinese const successful robel would at once be hailed peror by, divine right. The emperor is to every good Confucianist the jure." As to the courage of the Mr. Cockburn says dat de graba
"The Chinaman does not like Boldiers soldiering. He has no ambition for bubb putation at the cannon's mouth. not made into nails, nor are good into soldiers. But the Chinaman although the stigma is ofte He-is a plain matter of fact see the glory of making-his a miserable shilling a day. bullets flying he endeavou way. When tired of suicide; but he faces danger be made course of this calling when
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At the Magistracy yesterday, beforu Hon. Commander Hastings, John Ullathorno, a son-alcohol man from the American ship Paramatta, was charged with disorderly conduct in the Sailors Home and with assaulting Geo. Lipphardt, the watchman there. It was stated by the com plainant that defendant went to the Sailors Home at 11.30 p.m. on the 18th inst. and was eve very noisy, He had been in the Home for upon fourteen days. The watchman advised him to go to bed, whereupon he knocked him down and struck him. Assistance was called and P.C. 49. came up and arrested the man. Defendant denied striking the watchman. His W imposed a fine of $3 or 10 days' on the first charge and $70 second
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