Small-pox
News from Australia of the lmportatation of smallpox by the German ship Preussen, is somewhat alarming. On Monday last there were forty cases of pronounced character, and 38 suspicious, with the number increasing. Although, the passengers are in rigid quarantine, and the virulent cases secluded and isolated, yet the probabilities of infection being kept out of I the towns are small, owing to the fact of au engineer belonging to the vessel having escaped in Melbourne. As our Government has been sufficiently forewarned, we feel assured that every necessary precaution will be taken to prevent the importation of this fell disease into the colony, but at the same time we hope to see none of the "panic legislation" which has obtained on previous similar occasions.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18870106.2.6
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 78, 6 January 1887, Page 2
Word Count
126Small-pox Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 78, 6 January 1887, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in