SCARLET FEVER
The following letter, addressed to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, has been placed at our disposal for publication :
Chief Secretary’s Office. Melbourne, December 24, 1875. Sir, —I have the hj :nor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd inat. enclosing a copy of a telegram which you had received from the Superintendent of utago with reference to the introduction into that Province of several cases of scarlet fever by tli i s. s. Eingarooma, from Melbourne, and requesting information as to the character of the scarlet Ever said to be prevalent in Melbourne. The Central Board of Health has given the sub ject of your letter its careful consideration, and reports as follows; —“The present epidemic of scarlet fever has been a very widely spread one, having affected nearly every part of tho Colony, but the disease has not generally been of a malignant character, the exceptions being mostly cases with bad hygienic surroundings; the epidemic appears to have reached its height and to be now dying out, —I have, &c.. For the Chief Secretary, W. H. Odgers,
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Evening Star, Issue 4022, 17 January 1876, Page 3
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183SCARLET FEVER Evening Star, Issue 4022, 17 January 1876, Page 3
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