861.77 Chinese Eastern/756: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Perkins) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 28—10:40 a.m.]
1195. Following from American Consul, Harbin:
“On December 24, among 2,400 Russian refugees in barracks at Harbin, 254 were ill. Among them were 22 cases of measles, 22 [Page 431] relapsing fever, 14 smallpox. Nine deaths to that date, municipal hospital full with 102 cases of relapsing fever and 14 cases of smallpox. Railway hospital has 14 cases of smallpox. Consular corps has urged Chinese authorities to take measures against further spread of these diseases.”