'The annual reception of the Notional Quarantine Service was' held the home of Mr. H. E. Morriss. 118 Route Pere Robert, on. Saturday evening. Dr. Wu Lien-tch, director of the Service, received the' guests and gave an address on the work. Me. T. Yamamoto, manager of the N.C, proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Wa fon behalf of the guests, He said that had nothing "but praise for the work done.
Dr, Wu expressed his tanks to Mr. Morriss for lending his house and grounds for the occasion and to Mr. Ballet Abend, who had assisted Mr. Morriss in ministering to the refreshment of the guests, He proceede:
One of the most important branches of our work is of course the medical Inspection of vessels arriving from foreign ports. In normal times, when epidemics are absent, very. litle is heard of this aspect of our activities, except from over-anxious passengers desirous of meeting their close rela tives or friends when the vessel on which they travel is held up five min-Utes or so for the quarantine ofmcer 'This side of our work Is so quietly carried out that a certain tourist guide fof Shanghai describes it as "perfune~ tory"! But what the casual observer oes not know is that though we have hot been afraid td break away from the strict' traditional methods "of quarantine inspection in normal times SUL adopted by many countries to the fare at Inconventence of passengers and Joss of valuable time to business intereis, we have never relinquished by tone' Jota our international quarantine obligations or vigilance against. the, possible Introduction of serious epidemie diseases. I may add that when the health of neighbouring ports necessitates the clamping down "of quarantine restrictions, there will be hesilatio.. whatsoever on our part at least to put the whole machinery authorized by law and. international agreement into motion, A Disappointing Fe For the second consecutive since we took over the medical inspe tion of vessels in Shanghai, ships of apanese—nationality outnumbered British (678 an against 528 in 1088), one million tons (4,845,276 as agains y1184), Vessels "living the Stars fand Stripes came third with 285 and 2,865,290" tons, "The 1938 vessels spected by the Quarantine Service ast your totalled over 14,000,000 ffross ions and were divided among! 7 nationalities. One very disappointing feature is the stil undeveloped state of China's mercantile m: Vessels flying the Chinese flag. ar6 conspicuous by their relative absence from the oceans of the world. Until his lack 8 made. good China's indus-tiles and export trade cannot hope to rise from the depths to which they have sunk, especially for visitors on, their frst Approach to Shanghai.
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