Local Authorities Take Early Preventive Measures The different health authorities controlling this great city of Shanghai have taken early action this year against the almost yearly menace of cholera, On May 9 Dr. J. Hong. Liu, Minister of Health, presided over a big meeting of health specialists held at the' Municipal Club, 48 Weihaiwei Road, where Drs.
Noel Davis and J.' H. Jordan nnded on behalf of the Inter. national Settlement, M. Verdier and Drs. ©. Arraud and Hsu on behalf, of the French Concession, Drs. Houki Hu and Cheng Mu-yi for Greater Shanghai, hile. the Minister was supported by various heads of the Health Department (Drs. P. Z. King, Tsai Hung, ete.). Drs, Wu Lien-teh and. Aylward represented the Port Health Service of Shanghai, Dr, Woo the Ministry of Railways, and Dr. F.C. Yen the Red Cross Hospital, Dr. Davis announced that the International Settlement would contribute the sum of Tls. 5,000 toward cholera prevention, beside preparing sufficient anti-cholera vaccine for local use, M. Verdier French Concession Council had voted Tis, 12,000 for use this year against} the cholera menace besides starting anti-cholera vaccination on May 15} for as many persons as could be reached, including municipal employees, police, foreign residents, schoo! children, ete. "Samples of posters in French and Chinese were shown which the French authorities proposed to distribute widely.
Dr. Hou-ki Hu (Commissioner of the Chinese City) announced that the Mayor had allocated $10,000 for campaign, aside from the $15,000 which the Ministry of Health had sanctioned for controlling the junk fic in the Whangpoo area. Thus meeting began very wel soon continued with an expression of opinion as to the best means of preparing an anti-cholera vaccine, which would b strong a reaction.
'On this matter the advice of Dr, R, Gautier, Director of the Easter' Health Bureau at} Singapore of the League of Nations, who had come to Shanghai as special cholera expert for the Chi Government, was sought, Dr, Gautier mentioned his experi-nce in Java where the Dutch. authorities inoculated every pil proceeding to and returning from Mecca, and believed that in view of the difficulty of reaching the most isceptiblo individuals twice, the ath authorities should vaccine strong enough to produc the necessary immunity with one injection. In this matter ho was supported by Dr, Wa Lien-teh who} quoted his experience in Manchuria, where his Jaboratory manufactured a vaccine from one cholera strain containing three bMiards of killed organisms, which usually showed a satisfactory reaction, After further discussion, it was agreed to make anti-cholera vaccine containing two billiards of killed organisms, for use in half or one cubic centime tre do The Chairman then brought up the question of junk quarantine for which the necessary appropriation has been sanctioned by the Central Government. Dr. C. L. Park, formerly Head of the Quarantine Service of Australia and now Chief of the Epidemiological Division of the League of Nations, Health Section, who has been invited by the Ministry of Health to advise on quarantine re-organ Dr. Park believed that!
n_of junks (of which was told about 40,000 came in and out of Shanghai annually) was an unusually difficult procedure, and he would advise going very slowly in the matter until they were certain that cholera was imported into the port by them. Drs. Jordan, Aylward, and Wu Lien-teh also spoke, It was finally decided to appoint a subcommittee consisting of Drs. Wu, Park, Aylward, and Gautier to submit "a report for the Ministry. Among other matters presented were Posters prepared for propaganda against cholera, also a standard ease record for the use of hospitals, throughout the settlements and city.
Workers engaged in the transportation of rice are agitating for increased wages and hive presented certain demands to their employers, one of which says that compassionate grants must be paid to the families of those who are killed by pirates,
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