Reports National Quarantine Service : Series VII - 1937 / edited by Wu Lien-Teh and C. Y. Wu.

Date:
1937
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    Fortunately, the people and public bodies backed up the new station and gave their whole-hearted support to the Chinese quarantine officers, who finally obtained from the foreign doctor, on the settle¬ ment of their dispute at the Bureau of Public Health, a written statement that he “would no longer oppose and interfere” with the activities of the new station. Offending vessels were fined. Later, the Customs authorities accepted the validity of “pratique” issued by the Chinese quarantine authorities, and the work at Canton was at last put on a firm basis. There are two navigable routes by which Canton harbour is accessible; one is by passing Ngau-shan j^), Sun-tso (lifi^) and Nam-shek-tau (£]%,$%) to Pak-ngor-tam (& $|r), and the other is by passing Whampoa (-^-1$) and Sun-chau ) to Tai-sha-tau (Two stations have therefore been establish¬ ed, one at Nam-shek-tau and the other at Whampoa for the inspec¬ tion of inward vessels. These stations were first housed in sampans, three motor boats being used to convey the quarantine officers to ships. In the 18th year of the Republic (1929) buildings were erected in Nam-shek-tau and Whampoa. The Whampoa office is still of wooden construction, but it is hoped that as soon as funds are available a concrete building will be erected to house among other units isolation wards, fumigation chamber, examination rooms. Close cooperation with similar bodies of other countries has been maintained by the Canton Quarantine Service since it came into being in 1926. In August 1927 we entered into an agreement with the Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations’ Health Organiza¬ tion at Singapore for transmission of weekly reports of quarantin- able diseases by telegraphic advices. Since then, the work of this station has been rendered much more convenient and efficient. It must be noted that the Canton Quarantine Service is the first of its kind in China and, during its ten years’ existence, has given a good impression to the general public and won international con¬ fidence, though there has been no remarkable achievement. The reorganization of the local station was announced on September 4, 1936. Thenceforth it is to be known as the Canton Station of the National Quarantine Service directly under the administration of the Wei Sheng Shu (National Health Administra¬ tion) of the Central Government, and its activities will therefore be conducted in accordance with the regulations of that body.