PNEUMONIC PLAGUE IN AMERICA.
PRECAUTIONS BY N.Z. HEALTH AUTHORITIES. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELBaIIH.) AUCKLAND, November 12. , Strict precautions are being taken by th 6 Health Department to prevent the introduction to New Zealand of pneumonic plague from California. Sir Maui Pomare stated to-day that the British Consular agent at Los Angeles liad advised that the strictest measures were being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Sir Maui added that so far as New Zealand was concerned, all port health officers and shipping inspectors had been instructed to ' take the same precautions with , vessels from Los Angeles and San Francisco as were taken two years ago in respect of bubonic plague in Australia.
These precautions include medical examination of passengers and crew, inspection of ships, trapping of rats, and the usual devices to prevent rats gaming the shore.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 6
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138PNEUMONIC PLAGUE IN AMERICA. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 6
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