The main features of the Municipal Schools medical service were an anti-T. A. B. inoculation campaign and an anti-trachoma drive in the primary schools for Chinese. A total of 1,035 children registered for the enti-T. A. B. campaign, but attendance for the inoculations dropped after each dose. Pupils attending trachoma clinics were sent timetables of treatment before the holidays, and the result was satisfactory, a high attendance being recorded.
Supplies of various food commodities during the month were adequate, and of good quality. Owing to bad weather fresh fish was scarce, and cold storage supplies were drawn on. The number of stall holders fined for not showing price tags on goods, decreased, although fifteen were punished for using incorrect scales. Dairy herds were carefully examined, 1,445 animals from seven dairies having routine examinations perform" ed on them. Activities at the Mun!- cipal Abattoir increased, 534,589 Ibs. of meat being stored.
The vaccination campaign resulted in 7,708 persons receiving smallpox preventative treatment, bringing the total number of vaccinations since the drive began to 665,563. The number of cholera inoculations decreased slightly during the month, and is accounted for by the decline in the demand for certificates in Japanese occupied areas. Systematie measures for eliminating the fly menace have been taken in certain areas, with good results. Many 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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