The recent spread of Plague to Newchwan, demonstrates that we cannot expect Shanghai to remain always exempt. The d break out here any day, an all the conditions not only for also for its taking such root endemic for a period as it hias done in Hongkong, Bombay ani other places. A fow years ago, cold and even hot weather were looked upon as likely to be conditions preventing outbreaks and the spread of the disease once experience proves how is, If the disease takes root here, it will inevitably spread to Ningpo, Wenchow, and the ports of the Ya The Shanghai quarantine precautious at resent in force in regard to vessels from infected ports with no one apparently sick on board cannot be expected to prevent the introduction of lacen* cases of plague amongst the passengers, as the, period of detention of euch vessels is do chort that these latent cases
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