BUBONIC PLAGUE.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1921, Page 1

BUBONIC PLAGUE.

... STRI NCR .NT PR RCA CTIONS. AUSTItAIiIAS- AND N.Z. CUII.K ASSOCIATION. .SYDNEY, Dee. As the result of Sydney being declared a plague infected porf, all outward, overseas, and Inter-Stale vessels must now anchor down the harbour for medical inspection. The Health Department urges an unsparing war on ruts and ileas. Amongst the piecatUiuns against fleas they advise tticking of trousers into socks, and the wearing of anklets enntaining parnfui in tablets. The Department dues not strongly retuminend the innot illation of the general public with prophylactic scrum at the present sage. Innuculatiun against the plague is only a relative .-alcguniil, hut anyone exjin-ed to a ti l; -knuM undergo treatment. .Meantime the Health Department is supplying serum to the dot to;-, a.id anyone desiring inniir;;l ;i: ~ ear. , the doctors.

NR AY QUEENSLAND ( AM'.’*-. BRfSRANU. De.-. Another plague dentil i- r. ~e !.-d Severn! new cases of plague lo.\* 11 ett repot toil. lit the House owing to the plague outbreak, Mr AleC irr moved it motion that next sitting consider the iutioduetioti of a hill In provide !o; pre-etvu-tii.n of public health by tl.e pr ■.emion of itifeetinns diseases. ANTI-PLAGUE LI;’.G ISLATIOX. SYDNEY, Dee. (i. In tin l Assembly, in view of tie plague Mr .AfeCirr notified a new Bill fur stringent precautions against infectious diseases. .Alt Kuller gave notice to move tomorrow: “lit view of the suiotls financial position disclosed by the Budget, and the heavy luxation foreshadowed, tie Covernnieut has lost the confidence nl the I louse. The Government tre;.:oi ! i' a - no oidittiiry motion and prniei do.I to Imsi-

X.Z. PILE' A I "! Kb'D ; . AYRI.L!N<;T"N. Do-. '• 111 the eniirsc ol a -In eieent in 'he i Imise t’v tilt* Ministei of Health, nil luihonie plague, l:i> said: -"Generally speaking llie Harbour Boanls tlnoiigiioitt the eoiintrv are waging a tigurtills u.ir against ittls. but l am by mi 1 moans satisfied that the local bodies ale yet fully alive to the seriousness ol tie position. Anumgsl ml.or mutter-' to u l-ieli I require I h i. a'.teliti .n ate the following:---i.O l'<ii si in should he given out free, ami mure expert rat ratchets should lie engaged by the Harbour Beards and the .Municipal Councils at the ports. V) AA'here there is no food, there will he no rats: theietoro the feed and piinllteo stores and warehouses. the hotels ami rcsiaiiianl kill hens ami storerooms, also the limit shops, pastry shops, and all fowl runs and iitbliish tips should he inspet.'d at len-t i a ice a week, bv the local authorities’ inspectors. ami this supervision should lie checked by departmental ulfiieis. ir) A systematic examination. everyueok shiilth! be made nl evc;\ lank yard, particularly in the towns on tin sea coast, and an extra refuse >e.ii<.‘ should be pul oil. so thni tin; hiiTiseluililers may have nu exeiise, bn every housrlinldor must realise hi-.ie.-p.iu '- ' iiit \. Kui' the past month aiL'u e at' I \ .linings have Ir.ell given, hs, lets -lage is past. The negligent hou-c----holder must he pi.isoeu:.- I a; nm e vigorously, without furllmr v.artii.'g. 1 fear thiil not one Imus.'liuhlei in live yet realise the seriousness ui the |xisi-

:ion. and his own personal duty. ! .■xport tlie l-.iea! Ilcallh ! : naids char; il with the duty of local sanitation to make an example at once of negligent :V“l»le. d) Should the local aiithurili s. in any iftsiatice, fail in the above requirements, it u ill he the duty of I lie Health Depart niellt itself to step ill and lake the matter nut ol the li.iild-- »ii Inc local authorities, charging them "' l!; tile cost.

I lot vc ini itmiled that, in t ie" "I the grave risk we run. any ullieei in inv department who negli els his duly of stt iel supervision and cnniinl e. ill lie summarily dealt " ith.

Ie) Wellington and Auckland receive most of the Australian shipping; therefore their risk is the giavest. I am not satisfied that sufficient is being done in eillit'i oily to hill Nils, or indeed in any of the eilies. The reports this week show that great numbers til rodents are still noliicalil ■ ovoi \« here.

XKAY R HOURS SCHOLAR. WESTPORT, December (1. George Gotlmrd A illicit, a native of Bil.'hfield, near AVestporl, has been selected as the New Zealand Rhodes scholar. His scholastic record is as follows: He is a B.A. lie matriculated at the age of ML lie served as a pupil teacher at the Westport District High School and attended the Wellington Training College for three years. 11 •' was teacher of tt primary school at Newtown, and was appointed House Master at Wellington Boys’ College, in 1921. His athletic record includes his New Zealand cnpltiincy in the test football match against the Springboks, and lie also captained the New Zealand University team at Sydney. He holds the Wellington Provincial Championship for the 110 yards hurdle ran', and ran second to Wilson (the crack New Zealand hurdler) in 1920). Hy also holds a swimming record of distinction.