THE PLAGUE.
MORE C4SbIS-ONE FATAL. By Telegraph - Pr ;ss Association—Copyright Sydney, May 18. Two more cases of plague are reported. One, a Chinaman, has proved fatal. PRECAUTIONS ADVISED BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last night. The Minister for Health has issued the following circular to all local bodies and newspapers in the colony :—“ In view of the continued presence of plague in Sydney and Brisbane, and the recent occurrence of death from the disease in our own colony, it behoves every one, private as well as public, to do everything in their power to destroy all rodents. A careful house to house inspection of all backyards, etc., should be undertaken by every local body. No waste food ought to be thrown upon a yard. All house refuse should be kept in a covered metal box, so that rats cannot reach it. All local authorities should | institute, at least, a bi-weekly removal of all house refuse. No fowls ought to be kept unless in properly constructed pens. Special men should be told off in every borough to trap and kill rats. It is hoped that everyone will aid the authorities in these efforts to circumscribe the sphere of the disease.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 419, 19 May 1902, Page 2
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