STEAMER INSPECTION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 6

STEAMER INSPECTION.

BY HEALTH OFFICERS.

MAUNGANUi CASE DISCUSSED. (By Associatieti,? ■ Obi'isichuroh, Jfebiuary 2.?. Tko casi; -of AJfi-od Mat'hwsj thb man who was found to- fee sutferiiiß fvom tutiercnlosis when .lm arrived at L:vttoi' ton on December.24 by fto Mawiigauui irojn Sydney, was refoitod to at- UMtay's HHtot-iiiig -of tlie Hospital BaaHl. A letter was ■ rcceiv-etj • froia D.i , ; : Frangley, Deputy Chief Health- Officftf, ; who sfcat«l that lie had caused inquirfeii to be made, and had found that 4G5) liassffljgoj'-s urrivetl by the oil the trip nieiitioneil, ami the Port Health Officer stated that no person siif-1 ■feriftg obviously from tubereulosis to ■! the extent alieged- MS wafsed tiy him.' J. he roal AfflcnUy was (the Deputy CMoT : H.eitlth -p-fDosr continued), esjwda.lh' on! ships which carried no modical 'health ef' fiscr, that- t-ho I'-o-j-t Health Officer did not iravß enough time in which to j'ijalie i a suffie.iont exammatioii of a)l ])ass.engers. Assuming t-lmi it weiiW take five minutes to systematically exgmike a porsmi's chost, tkoro wo'rfd have tep.iiJ 38} tars' delay caiiswil'by 'the Forti ilenlth iiKpoctiofl. El*!-* if fliodical ofßears were employed, six hours «-euW be taken, TWs would mean an interferonec with eomnipreo and travelling which would , bo -much resented by ! Aew'Zealaiiders ■themselves. The pirovi-: s-ions of the Immigra/t-ion lUsirktion .Act were deowed. stiflieient Sis. Long-us the consumptive •is discovered before ptaliqtie is -g-raiitcti. Oiio gaod effect: of Bfttcutioa Being ealled to tlio matter wduld be to ca.nse.'"tho Port Health Officers to be- still tnoro vigilant "'in -.sto-iipjivj; Buepeets for more- complete exttnmintitm, In the course of a brief disewssion, Hie .edewtarjv, iu reply a Qwtttioji. slated thai tlio man 'himself said that liQ-TTas nicrst carefijllj , exaniuied W'tlio , Port Bcattii Officer. Jlr. Gfc(>,» Scett was. of Ojjtttfeii that should be fesponsiblc for such tl-ie a-iitkorities at Home or the shipping ■eOnniamcs. ;• Mr. J. T), Hall .«iekwl iiliero , th* patient -was at. present. I'ho chairman': He .is still here. Mr. Hall: Very .bad? The chairman: Yes. Mr. G. SGOtt;.»oVed that tilie aUentioji of the Government be called to tile case . with which people •■suffering from tuiio:vculosis and kindred• diseases arc aijnriC ted totiie.Doniinicin,. ittod that tte Oqverntticnt bo asked to iiavc more -Btringeivt precaiitions takeni • _'Mr. W. H. ■poopcr sccrii-Kkd. tlie mo* tiqn, and «xpress'erl fli<* opinion that the Government ftlieuld boar tiro «ipfeii-se of surh eases,, and not tteHespit-il Boafl Tli-e'iHo/tion'wa-S 'flgreed ta.