„other parts oi the world, yet revised to facilitate the „work under local conditions .

„Lepra.

„1. Lepra is to be regarded as a dangerous commuiu-

„cable disease.

„2. Compulsory notifications of all cases of leprosy to

„the authorities is essential.

„3. Compulsory segregation of all cases of leprosy is „necessary and preferably in special colonies constructed

„for the purpose.

„4. The entrance of aliens afflicted with leprosy into a

„country must be prohibited.

„Quarantine. That t':e Far Eastern Association ofTro„pical Medicine appreciating the benefit which would accrue „from concerted sanitary action on the part of Eastern „Governments, be empowered officially to approach the „following Governments, namely: Pliilippine Islands, Japan, „Hongkong, French Indo-China, Siam, Netherlands-India, „Straits Settlements and Ceylon, with the view, if possible „of obtaining their official support on the following lines: „1. To have a common Standard for the term „epidemie", „when making reports to, or imposing quarantine against, „each other.

„We suggest the following definition for consideration; „Plague, Cholera, Small-pox, or Yellow Fever shall be „considered to be epidemie, when, after the first telegrapliic „report of its occurrence, any weekly report thereafter shall „show the occurrence of an- avarage daily nuinber of three „cases".

„2. To agree to notify each other's territories as infected, „only when the infectious disease shall have assumed epi„demic proportions as defined above; and automatically to „withdraw such notification when the avarage ntunber of „cases for three successive weeks has fallen below the „status epidemicus as bove defined.