“WORSE IN WINTER.”

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 67, 24 July 1913, Page 5

“WORSE IN WINTER.”

HISTORY OF EPIDEMICS.

BATTLING WITH THE DISEASE

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Sydney, July 23.

The weather is wintry, and ic is raining steadily. The health authorities are viewing the unpleasant change with concern, pointing out that smallpox is always worse.in winter than in Glimmer. The history of epidemics shows that people in summer are not keeping indoors and keeping close together, and do not transmit disease with the same freedom as in winter.

The Newcastle case has been diagnosed as smallpox. Four cases of small-pox were reported in the city to-day, and one from Parkes.

A large number of vaccination depots are closing to-morrow owing to the falling off of applicants. Sixteen thousand closes of lymph arrived from Melbourne and also a supply from Noumea. The bulk of this lot will he despatched to the country.

The total public and private vaccinations in Sydney and suburbs have reached 200,000, slightly over a quarter of the population.

WATCHING NEW ZEALAND

Melbourne, July 23

A proclamation has been issued thal passengers from New Zealand nuis: present an official certificate of successful vaccination. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Melbourne, July 21.

The Federal Executive has proclai med the north island of New Zealand an area from or through which a quarantinable disease is liable to be brought on to Queensland. Brisbane, July 24.

A case of smallpox has been diagnosed at Ipswich. It has transpired that there was a previous case in the same family, but it was so mild that il was not reported.

DUNEDIN CASE NOT SMALLPOX

[Per Press Association.] Dunedin, July 23

Dr. Champtaloup, Dr. Falconer, and Dr. Ogston this afternoon visited the Isolation Homo, in which was located the man referred to yesterday ns t

suspected case. The doctors, found that thfl symptoms had sufficiently cleared up t'o a, diagnosis sure, and they declare that the case is not one Of smallpox. The patient will probably be discharged to-morrow. AN ILL-FOUNDED RUMOR. A report was abroad in New Plymouth yesterday that there had been an outbreak' of smallpox in a locit' home. “It is a . very mild case o' cliicken-pox,” said Dr. Fookes, “and is nothing to worry about.” It is a peculiar coincidence that a person from Kawakawa had stopped at the house in question, but, according to Dr. Fookes, the probability of there being a connection between the two is very remote.

At a meeting of the Education Board yesterday, on the motion of Mr B. Masters, a resolution was passed to the effect that it was desirable that school children travelling on the trains to school should be vaccinated, and a copy of the resolution will be sent to the Minister for Public Health.