'A. very serious epidemic of scarlatina has broken out at the station of Imienpo on the eastern line of the railway, many Manchu children in the villages having died during the past week. The authorities are taking strict measures to prevent the disease being carried to Harbin where there fare so many schools with European 'a3. well as Manchu and Japanese. children, Scarlatha is to be found in Harbin every winter season but its seldom becomes an epidemic as the medical authorities are always on the watch.
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