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“...abandoning the opium habit
amounted to 31, whilst during last year they rose to 70, the ages
of those admitted ranging' from 24 to 74. The Police were very
active in discovering' the illicit smoking' and sale of opium, there
having' been during' the year 135 convictions for breaches of the
Opium Ordinance. This activity on the part of the Police was
naturally unpopular among those who have been accustomed to
smoke opium, and led to the publication in certain Chinese news-
papers printed in Manchuria, Cliefoo, and Shanghai of serious
libellous charges against this Government and its Police, who were
accused of extortion and maltreatment of the Chinese, especially
the female population. Steps were taken to bring' to justice those
responsible for the publication of the libels, with the result that in
some cases a fine was imposed, in others the publication of the paper
was suspended for a certain period, whilst all the papers published
an apology, retracting the libellous and unfounded statements...”
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“...imported from Chefoo, on the Mainland. The general vaccination
of the inhabitants of the Territory, which is carried out every year
throughout all the villages, may account to a great extent for the
small number of cases of small-pox.
The number of vaccinations performed on the Mainland during
the year was 3,696, as compared with 3,563 in 1909, and on the
Island 77, as compared with 55 in the previous year.
Plague.
The outbreak of plague in Manchuria caused much anxiety
towards the end of the year, as many Chinese who emigrate from
Weihaiwei to Manchuria are in the habit of returning to their
homes to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and it was feared that
infection might be introduced through them. This Territory has a
land frontier extending over 34 miles and a coast line over 60 miles
in length, so that to effectively prevent the introduction of disease
would require a much larger staff than this Government possesses,
and would necessitate the employment of many craft afloat, which
are not...”
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