SCARLET FEVER.
To the Editor, Sir—l was somewhat alarmed on reading a local in your issue of the 25fch inst., having reference to the appearance of scarlet fever at iuvctcargill, and iu which you say that “ the medical opinion is that, unless some decided step is taken, its spread is inevitable.” Sir, that this matter should be immediately taken up by the Government, and that the Provincial Surgeon should be instructed to issue and carry into cffoct such precautionary measures as may be necessary under the circumstances, 1 feel more particularly anxious in 'he matter, being the father of a young family, and seeing that as yet only children have been attacked, I am sure that every parent will coincide with me that it if imperative for the safety of the community that something should be done at once before it : : s too late. It is quite possible that the infection may still be in our midst, although tile persons may be absent from the City who have unwittingly been the means of its introduction. ’■ I am, &c., Alpha. Dunedin, Fob. 27.
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2506, 27 February 1871, Page 2
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182SCARLET FEVER. Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2506, 27 February 1871, Page 2
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