RE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

Manawatu Herald, 18 January 1900, Page 2

RE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

As the Bubonic Plague has ap* parently spread to Australia I shall be glad if you can co-operate with the Government in endeavouring to take such precautions as will as far as possible prevent its introduc*:an into this Colony, I may state that there is not the slightest necessity at present for any alarm, and the steps I am indicating are merely with a view to prevention, as you will readily recognise that should even a single case of the disease occur in New Zealand it would greatly interfere with the trade, and possibly • cause serious "injury to the colony* This being so I should be glad if your corporation, having control of the sanitary arrangements or occupying the position of health bodies, would take , steps to have removed manure heaps or any other matter which might in any way conduce to the location or spread of the disease, such as overcrowding, defective ventilation or impoverishment. I would especially direct your attention to the necessity for special cleanliness in streets and gully traps, and for seeing that the water supply is not in any way liable to contamination from impurities. As; the source for your information I may say that I have ordered a supply of plague anti toxin from the Indian Government for the purpose of treating cases should the necessity arise.