Plague Precautions.
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. Tha Minister for Public Health has issued the following circular by telegraph to all local bodies. “ In view of the continued presence of plague in Sydney and Brisbane, and the recent occurrence of a death from the disease in our own colony, it behoves everyone, private as well as public, to do everything in their power to destroy all rodents. A careful house-to-house inspection ot all backyards, etc., should be undertaken by every local body; no waste food ought to be thrown upon the 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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Manawatu Herald, 20 May 1902, Page 2
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165Plague Precautions. Manawatu Herald, 20 May 1902, Page 2
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