Plague submitted to a Public of Forsign Residents held at "Messrs Bush, Rrovhers' offices, Newchwwang, Uth Sepreminr, 1899 Bubonic Plague is the most fatal of all-known epi diseases, From 25 to 70 per cent of the population are usually at-tucked where an epidemic occurs, ant of thee, at the commencement about 9 and later on a smaller percentage die The climate most favourable to its spr isa moist, hot ono—a temperature of over 85° chocks an epidemic, as sloes also extreme cold, Int there have been some not-"ble exceptions to this rule; such as in Moscow in 1779 and on the Vulgy in 1878-9 where severe epidemies rayed in the xoverest winter wevher, We, therefor, cannot rest assured of our Manchtrian stopping the prenent epidemic or preventing its recurrence, Bubonic Plague appeared in this Port for the far as can beascert ined, in the in July of this year in the village of Wataitzii, and about the same time in the west of the town, It is impossible to avcurately determine its origin, but judging feom the experience of other countries +t way inst probably introduced by persons infected with the disease arriving from the South, who contaminated the atmosphere und soil in thole immediate neighbourhood. From the centres it sp ead eastivarils and up to the present shows no signs of disappearing On the Sth instant, in one compound six empses and nine men sick with plague were discovered, and on the same day in four houses close together tivalve death, took place from the sime cause, Fatal cases have occarced in a died from and others are sick with pi and in dangerous proximity to our: milk, meat, and food supply shops in th: main street. There has been heavy mortality amongst the lower animals i died la uonsual numbers. in our butchers' yards and dairies, ami-who can Cell what has become of these carcases Plague is transmit —Contact dio of plague.
Note.—Vhere are four mortuaries contain ovpe two thousand bodies. ital in the Shantung guild mortuary, se 400 to SOY ate plague corpses depas. to 300 are plague corpses deposited in the' Tientsin guild mortuary, situated outside the South Gate. Other bodies placed in rheic coffins are deposited on the ground outside the South Gate and elsewhere. In-Méngtze it has been observed that the outbreaks of plague always start from the neighbourhood of the cemetery. Chinese report to me that of the recent eases they attribute the attack in twenty instances to the victims having visited @ these cal performance which took place near the Tientsia guild mortuary.
The ce-operating causes are:—1.—The overcrowding of dwellings.
—Uncleanliness, which is the mast potent one, more especially the accumulation of
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