From the medical point of view, little to add to my firat except a partially up-conscious lack of appreciation of the benefit of inoculation. This is more amongst the Rassians, than on our side, the former losing very heavily in the sanitary staff, altboogh there are other reasons to account for it. We still thankfully report, that amonget those soccessfaly inoculated, snd past the ive phase, n0 case of plague has occurred. Bat such inoculation has not caused us to be negligent of all the ordinary methods of protection, partioularly the face mask.
There are many big problems open which the International Conference in Mokden will spend time and thought, that any subsequent recurrence may cither_be avoided or dealt with promapttly, I hope by the this letter Teaches you, Fochiatien will have ceased to bea rlagne area, after mounting up death roll of at least 6,000.
Di ight tiled to reveal the plage bacillae, From an English resident of Chang-chan, at preseat in Shanghai, who has qualifications for expressing ive opi learnt some interesting details regarding the plague in that city. The first outbreak of plague there occurred towards the end of December, and the ravages of the dues were kept well in hand op ud of January. About that time change of Tsotais and the new Taotai was forced to bring back into the city a number of beggars and unemplored who had been kept on tide by his predecessor, and who were getting out of hand, with the resalt that the epidemic assamed very serious proportions. Prior to this the daily death-rate bad been below twenty, but owing to the retarn of these undesirables and the gathering together of the people to celebrate the New Year holidays, the number of deaths rose to 1,356 in 623 tone week. In the Chinese city an! plague mearorce are directed by Dr Hoang, who has received a Western 'A Sanitary Corps has been formed, of the work of which our inf mant speaks very highly. A prominent sident in each street is made responsible for reporting all deaths in that thoroughfare; and in streets where plague has gained serious bold all the inhabitants are ejected, and are not permitted to retare antu their houses bees thoroughly fumigated and fected and the road hes been covered with lime. Whenever this has been done there has been no subsequent recurrence of plague in the neighbourhood.
At the present time the namber of ad excess of the normal mortality at thie time of the year in an ordinary season. The streets sre all thoroughly jept and cleaned daily, and a fire-engine has been purchased to spray them with disinfectants.
The Japanese have erected barriers cross all approaches to their settlement, and forbid Chinese to enter it. Residents the Chinese city who wish to leave or enter are farpisbed with certificates of which the following is " translation
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