Modern Quarantine Facilities Ready for Use: An Isolation Station at Pootung Although the new Quarantine Station and Hospital at Woosung, occupying eight mow of land and established at a total cost of $120,000, has been ready for use since May 1, it is still empty today, To quote Dr. Wu Lien-teh, Director of the National Quarantine Service, "We don't expect to have any patients unless there is an epidemic." So the Jack of inmates is really a matter for rejoicing.
With the completion of the new quarantine station, a place conven'- ently situated for the landing of patients, contacts from steamers, and easily accessible from Shanghai, is now made avalable, Though not large, it is most compact and up-to-date and will serve admirably for handling emergency cases. If neces~ sary, temporary accommodation may bbe erected on the open space at the back of the Station, or persons to be fgolated may be transported across the river to the old quarantine station. The land was bought for '$40,000 and the cost of the building and equipment is $60,000 and $20,000 respectively. The offeial opening will take place later.
The Isolation Wards The old quarantine station, erected in 1911 as a result of pneumonic plague outbreak in Manchuria, is situated on the right bank or Pootung side about two miles above the mouth of the Whangpoo river. It has fourteen small wards, nicely built and spaced sufficiently for isolation. The front group consists of six wards for first class patients, the remaining eight being for third class patients. Teere are also administr tion, disinfection, and other bulld-ings, all grouped together in well laid' out grounds.
Although the station occupies some 50 mow of land. in open. country, there are several drawbacks. The first is the silting of the river which. makes it Impossible to land except at high tide, despite the station's situation on the bank. It is also too far upriver and the voyage to and from the quarantine anchorage outside the Whangpoo takes much time. In addition, owing to the bend in the river, it s not possible to see the quarantine anchorage from the The New Site The fea of securing a piece of land for a new quarantine station on the left bank or Woosung side of the river had been mooted ever ince the National Quarantine Service was inaugurated in 1920, Pending this, a house in Woosung was rented on the riverbank where quarantine work could be convenient. ly carried out. By the beginning of 1994 a suitable piece of land situated quite near the mouth of the river was. purchased. The new site occubies eight mow of land on the left bank adjoining the Customs signal station. The river here is deep, and the distance to the quarantine anchorage is not great, the latter being {in full view from the new site, The front of this land is on the bank of Shanghai The Woosung, the river with only the road to
Forts. station of the. Shanghal-Woosung Railway is only a short distance away, so that added to the easy access by water is the convenient communication by land.
Construction work on. the new quarantine station was started in June 1934, The buildings have a servants' quarters and the other for the disinfection unit
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