SCARLET FEVER.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4591, 7 December 1875, Page 3

SCARLET FEVER.

to THE Enrroß of the new | i 3 qr» j observe by the papers that scarlet lever i nowraglng in Melbourne, and causing a considerable A little time ago arrived in Dunedin from Melbourne, by the Binga rnnma- were found to be infected; aud it still remains , question whether or not there may be an alarming outbreak there. Further: I have been iatoi^d; Af least one person has arrived h-jre in tins city, wno kad come from a house infected by the same disease, have? from that source alone, cause!for no small uneasiness in this nndrained as the warm weather is coming on. Steamers are arriving here, and at other ports of IS ew Zealand •very week, so that all efforts to isolate or stamp out ihedisease (as is attempted in Otago) may dered futileby repeated importations Yet in spite of tte manifest danger, no steps seem to bo taken by the Government or health oflreers to keep on* the disease. No Melbourne ships are Quarantined, though, as I said before, one actually introduced tlio disease. Considering the fatal character of the disease and the season, it seems to me imperative that the most decided steps should be taken to prevent any further importations. No one from Melbourne should he allowed to land till the health oflreer has made absolutely certain that there is no danger to others in his doine so. It is terrible to think what mortality might ensue, especially among infants, if this disease were to be introduced at this time of the year.—l am, &c., * 0 Wellington, December 3. u