To the Editor of the "Nonrm-Cumta Datty News."
Sin—Conld not the 8. M. Police provide a suitable guard for the fenced.
blocks of plague infected bouses When passing one of these spots in Kansoh Road this moroing, I saw crowd of Chinese youngsters who evi ently regarded the affair as a liege joke fand ran in and out of the opening in the fencing. Ca the premises of " tea shop in this block, where furniture being removed previous to fumigation, quite " lively crowd of Chinese children played thole pranks and rolled about native passers-by, apparently in the dost and dirt. Other complacency, do not oppose the procedure of the Health Office. A more rigidly severe dealing, though proper from a scientific point of tight be resented and arouse oppo tion, which it is of the greatest importance to avoid.
The Heslth Office at present can cope with the outbreak in a limited area, bat ite staff has to work at very faith pressure (as anyone may see who visits the scene of their work in the infected areas) and if the dis-esse became epidemic, the stall, largely augmented.
polar ce-operation is) necessary in desiing with this disease, In Glasgow this was obtained by & specially powerful Health Department and cqvieecence in ity measures by a popul very course was strongly recommended by the Meetiog of Medical Men at the Health Office on Sunday Inst on the suggestion of several of their namber who bad experience of epidemies of plague in Bombay and eleewber At the outbreak of plague in Hongkong wholesale measures of slam destraction at every high cost were advocated, The recommendation was thought an extravsgavza of the sanitary authorities. Now one may ask, what has been the cost to Hongkong of the contiouancs of plague io its midst? Tu "Bombay also "locking the stable door after the horse was stolen" was tried, Shanghai la the depressed condition of ite trade cai fford the introduction of plague la ite by the spectacle of the fence, ion accustomed to a strict saulter epiderois form, and the merchants and the closed space and alter having satis-regime, Io Sydney, N.S.W.. also this hoose and godown owners of Shaoghai fied thelt cariosity by a thorough iowas the case, Io San Francisco might find it pay them better in the spection moved away agsio. Sarcly it U.S.A., ce-operation on an extraordialong run to spend " few bundjeds of is not the object of the fencing to attract arily comprehensive scale was worked pence" in the hope of preventing crowd of sightseers to carry away any four by the local authorities on " threat the possible expenditure of some millions germa of infection? By the placing of complete stoppage of the inter-state of pounds" later on. of a native constable at the entrance ty trade of the city by the Federal Goveran-Tam, etc, the block such occurrences might easily ment, In all these places plague was H.C, Paraiox. be prevented. out, In Bombay, wher A member of the Staff of the Health Goveroment with—little Department who rode by ea bicycle sympathy for the science of modera
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