The Sintanpao" states that si: ce tue opening of the Chinese Plagae Hospital, house-to-house visitations bare pro-grossed satisfactory ly, (though not without opposition generally from the low class residents at first,) for some five days, during which time more than 800 houses containing over a thousand families have been inspected. It is pleasure to observe the better understanding on the part of Chiccse re-siderite in affording easy access to their residences for native doctors to make investigations. Tt mey, however, br fated out that certain sick 08 wwe removed from the Set'lemect before they could be discovered la ill-health, thereby perhaps consi ance of recent cases of infections disease onteide the East City Gate.
Tt has ben reported that a case of plague has been detected. by native doctor on the premises No, 30, Li, Alabaster Rd, the being ® native woman and that alter some explanation and argoment she hae willingly entered the Chinese Horpital, where her case has been found as no! orioas by the Chinese lady doctor and abe will be permitted to leave the motitation la the course of " few days. There iv a foreign-educated native making investigations io the plague-iatected district, Haviog read the paragraph in the ress as to the outbreak of rat-plague at nantao, the local Self-Governmen' Barean has writen to Mr. Shen Pao-b" of the Ohinese Hospital requesting bim to famish particulars as to the numbers of premises herria plag discovered, #0 that cooperative may be taken by " Shang! to stamp out infections dives to advise them as to the best procedure for dealing with plague-casson in the Bouth City.
In commenting upon the recent discovery of plague-cases at Nantao, the Sinwanpao" advises the pepalace not to take the outbreak too lightly, bat to devote their careful attention to keeping remises eto. in a sanitary condition and to the extermination of rate, by means of which injury to th"mselve and others will be avoided. They are farther asked to place no confidence in any rumours that may be created by ignorant classes la this connexion, for indifference to this advice will resuit in hothiay advantageous to themselves, Mr, Shen Tuo-ho and others, mittes of the Chinese Plague Hospital, have telegraphed to the Soochow ernor informing bim of the recent par-_ chase of the Horpital site in Paoah district and applying for appropria of farther fands la addition to the sem of Tls. 10,000 which the Taotai has
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