The main features of the Mun!- cipal Schools medical service were an anti-T. A. B, inoculation campaign and an anti-trachoma drive in. the primary schools for Chinese. A total 1.035 children registered for the suu-T A B. campaign, but attend ance for' the inoculations dropped afler each dose. pile attending trachoma clinics were sent timetables of treatment before the holidays. and Wood, the result was satisfactory, a high Groves. attendance being recorded.
Supplies of various food commodi-tics during the month were adequate, and of good quality. Owing to bad weather fresh fish was searce, and cold storage supplies were drawn on. The number of stall holders fined for rot showing price tags on goods, although "Afteen were no: punished for using incorrect scales. Dairy herds were carefully examined, 1443. animals from seven dairies Having routine examinations perform" ed on them. Activities at the Munttlpal Abattoir increased, 534,589 Ibs. of, meat being stored.
The vaccination campaign resulted in 7,708. persons receiving. smallpox preventative treatment, bringing the folal number of vaccinations since the drive began to 665563. The number of cholera inoculations decreased slightly during the month, and is accounted for by the decline the demand for certificates Japanese occupied areas. Systematie' measures for eliminating the menace have been taken in_ certain reas, with yood results. May large rice fields and swamps in the Eastern District have been drained to prevent malaria, thus saving the use of expensive larvicides.
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