Senior Medical Officer Chun with medical contingent proceeded to Hailar and Manchiouli on December 16 to investigate and adopt all neces-Fury precautions. Neither we nor Bhe Medical Department of the Chinese Enstor Rly, have so. far Recived direct official news from Mongolia; it is also doubtful if the Plague Prevention Bureau at Chita {(Transbaikalia) has any official in-Formation. Luckily we are able to Bbtain reliable news from various Wourees, which supplement and confirm one another and thus provide situat information may more or less true picture of the
Bow be summarized: no doubt that exeeeding-Ly dry weather prevailed in Outer Mongolia in the summer of 1926. As past experience has taught us, close connexion exists between Bry weather and spread of the plaque among the tarabagans; Reports: of suspicious human cases: Seeurring: between Checkien Han and Banpcitzu. (on the caravan route: from Mfanchoull to Urea), had reachbd Urga about November 20, 1926, Russian medical officers had Drepared to: leave Urga for the "hague focus: 1 ho existence of this foe seems Te appears. that the Mongolian authorities "took strict measures, icing a cardon round News about the spread of plague to Unga is not confirmed; Sanpeiten was free from the disease up to December 21, 1926; The plague had this already. subsided towards middle of [December in the focus near Che-Jchen Han since part of the medical personnel departed at that time, Danger Never Serious A distance of 200 E, miles roughly, separates each of the stations Man-Jehouli, Sanpeiteu, Chechen Han snd Urea.
The danger of Manchuria was never particularly great, even if {the worst reports turned out true. For in addition to our precautions there is not much traffic between Manchuris and Mongolia. Caravans take at least a week to reach Ban. Jchouji from. Sanpeitzu so that individuals infected at the latter would be ill already when arriving in [Chinese territory and would _be therefore detected. Motor cars take only a couple of days, but these are few in number and' easily controlled; moreover the passengers must be well-off in order to afford such travelling while the chauffeurs are all Russians. Consequently they fare not likely to be in close contact! ith the poor Chinese in their crowd-_ Jed: winter quarters where the dis: ease may assume epidemic proper-
On the other hand' the presum-Jablo existence of plague in Outer ethaps even as near lSanpettza (as seemed to be the at the time) made it necessary Jest preventive measure churia, These includ (a) At Manchouli (2) Stopping all ingress except at} two points where all arrivals are medically examines (2) Refusing permits to motor cars ani enravans to Mon-(3) House to house inspection; (4) Examination of passengers arriving by rail from Siberia; (6) Examination of Chinese East om Rly. passengers.
These measures came in f on December 15, to-be enforced for Jone month at least Hailar.
Similar measures were started at Hailar where Dr. Liu of the Government Hospital is tioned as Senior Medical Executive. (ce), At Dalainor. (Coal Mine Here similar precautions are ear-ried out by the Chinese Eastexn Rly, with a special doctor in charge.
Tt would seem that the critical time has passed for no further; plague cases.have been reported from the infected contre in Mon-declin since December 13. Our antiplague measures are, still being en-foreed on the border between Bon-Jchuria and Mongo Lien Tet, Director. and C. BO.
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