Small Pox.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 48, 26 September 1913, Page 3

Small Pox.

An erroneous imprression ap- j pears to have been gathered from 1 he paragraph that appeared in ; Diir columns last week on the * ' prevailing epidemic. It was : * Hated on good authority, which, ( , iiowever, did not carry Dr ; * V'alintine’s imprimatur. that ! li Lhere was reas.-n to believ«' that he restrict !ia ing free access to the town! !ia i liven practically withdrawn. : - The Health Inspector state- that such is not so, and that, on ac- ; „ sount of a caso of a native that } lias been concealed f r about six j weeks, there is reason t > lv. - I lieve that the rest Ur: ions may he : made more stringent. In view i of the meaning taken from the ! paragraph, we regret having ] made reference to the matter in ■such a way as led anyone to in- ; terpret the wording in the ] j widest possible way, and now give the latest information to hand. The concealment of cases oft tlie kind is in Mr Bennett’s opinion, most Jserious, in that it not only tends to spread inioetion. but defeats the object of the , Health Department in the crusade being waged against the < ( foul and loathsome disease, j The discovery of a hidden , patient will necessitate a house; to house inspection, cause trouble that might easily have been avoided, and impose hardships on those who hitherto have been allowed to follow their usual ] avocation. it may he that prosecutions j will follow, md, if so, the Department will most likely urge the infliction of the maximum penalty.