THE SMALL-POX SCARE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 16, 15 July 1881, Page 4

THE SMALL-POX SCARE.

We (eke the following items relating to i? f:cm the AusfrnHaa papers : 212 tuhes of vecine lyn-ph have bees forw*r&H fro.-, Melbourne to Sy-Wy, Bed 50 to Queensland. Ah the priice fin-j iicfcsrd watermen in Ry-nr-v Lave bee a ordered :o l;e veer in uteri. CirMabl? Cork, who wns on guard ot On Oono's boaso, is goffering from premorrt^y symptom?, and hee cor.sequp'itlv been F*nt into qu< :r>.B!ine The medic .i ofli . era of the detached squa-ion hsvi {? upon vaccictt'rti- tiif s : ip,' eoransni.^ Urgely, Dr Wilson (fl -„.• sur^cri") wa? gupplitd ■wish 20 ui'i-e <:i v.erine iyuiph by ihf Melhc.urn ' mvdira! rjr.fhrriuta, Kir.ety fi?^ per crt t. of (he chil 'ren in Vicuna me ?.'<&■ eCi <o he v -.cc.loßled. An or«if-r hns hecn ifsupci by the Victcrifen Gov.-moifct eu-ij .-cling ell ves'tls coding from Sjdney (0 exsmifa ioa, ihs farnp es foreiga thipa, acd e!l ports of Chica were declsrsd infeciei! v;i = h sjiisli-poy. Under thie order al! vceet ls Erripiog from Chinese ports will be placed iu quarantine. A doctor hag been appointed at Albury, to inspect pfnocs coming to Victoria ovulsDd from New South Wale?. Preeautions are bsing taken at Newcastle agaiosfc !ha outbreak of smallpox. The Central Board of Hea'th, Melboorne, hes uadtr its DOtice the allegation tt &t 1? prosy 1 a3 broken out among the vsl.ite population in Sau Fiancisco. So far tbe ref on is discredited. A corsiablequarßtitining ons J.ouse in Sydney l^a b-eu ns^auited by three ruffin; a frnn-. a snip in the harbor. The coos-ftb'f* bti g a'Uci.e.i, failed ons with a b'ow *-:tf! his LaedeclTi. The three rni.;:e tleir t?c .;:p, but were purBUe.', a- 1] iwo «trr iirrpgsed. The M j&racir] Altiirtrej of SyJoey intend to k*• t vacciußic-u, also tbe Colo: iil Triacuf.-r, es an exna.ple to the pi-puliice io eubruij to the operstion Tow dcclcrs of SyJcr y are reaping a barveht, as fco!i?b pf.opie wlo are 1 litilf ill ht once coccliide'thaj they Lave the small-pox. A cairy las been found in Sydney in vil.ith the cows ar*- suff riog from cowpox,.acd it is proposed to tuke a call Bnii JDocolute i», when an abundant eupply will be obtaiDsble. Crowds of persona are setking vaccinatioD and reVECciuaticn. The Chiceee tre prohibited from tjsicg the Sy.lcfy N- r h bbore Ferry Cimpiny't bzalf, Bed are compelled to oee the boree boats, which ere kept for corv^yirig t ehirlfß. &c The inspectors find a great improvement in the Chinese quarter, Sydney, consequent upon their- visits to their houses, which are now swept and garnished, and thoroughly disinfected. Holidays have been given in all the public schools in Sydney. An interesting illustration of the value of re-vaccination is afforded by a report just furnished at the instance or" the Local Government Board, by the chief medical officer of the General Post-ofllce. London. This report relates to the average number of 10,50-1 persons permanently employed in the postal service in London, all of whom Lave been required to undergo revaccinafion on admission to the service, unless that operation had been performed within seven years previously, Among tLeee persons during (he 10 years 1870---79 there has not been a single fatal case of small-pox, anJ in only 10 instances have there been non-fatal attacks, all of •which were of a very slight character. In the Ttlegraph Department, where tbe enforcement of re-vaccination has not been carried out with the same completeness, 12 cases have occurred in the same pt-riod among a staff averaging 1458 in number. Each of those attacked were persons who had not been revaccinated, and one of them died. The remaining four were re-vaccinated persons, who all perfectly recovered without pitting."