SMALL-POX ON AN ENGLISH SHIP.
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[Bt Telegraph.] Dunedis, Juno 30. On the Health Officers boarding ship Charles Worsley, they pronounced one seaman shown to them to be attacked by smalkpox. Four persons were attacked, and Joseph Peregrine, the mate, aged 41, died from it. The other two are badly marked. Later. Bacon, a seaman, whose father resides at Port Chalmers,.was the first who was seized with small-pox on the Charles Worsley. He was unvaccinated and is very badly marked'. The carpenter and nnother seaman, who Were vaccinated, are only very slightly marked. The half dozen passengers on board were kept aft and escaped the disease.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2583, 1 July 1881, Page 2
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107SMALL-POX ON AN ENGLISH SHIP. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2583, 1 July 1881, Page 2
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