SMALLPOX.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 70, 28 July 1913, Page 5

SMALLPOX.

VIRULENT IN SYDNEY.

TOTAL OE 350 CASES

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Sydney, July 26.

The small-pox has taken a new lease of life. There was nineteen fresh cases in the Metropolitan area. It is now stated that the failure of New Zealand lymph, due to its being too pure, is accounted for by chloro form being blown through it during its manufacture.

THE NEWCASTLE CASE

Sydney, July 20

.Regarding the Newcastle case, thf police stated that the patient arrive.

as a stowaway with five others from New Zealand on June 14. They wer< made to work their passages and wort released on arrival. Five days after wards the patient reported at the hos pita! was found to be suffering fro i small-pox. Two companions have beei traced and arrested on charges of vag rancy. Doctor Pa ton declares that tin small-pox has taken a decided turn f;;i the worse. Saturday's cases show that it is becoming more virulent Vaccination is the only safeguard, and he appeals to all to undergo the operation. Everyone unvaccinated is :

danger to himself and a serious men ace to the community. Nine fresh cases were reported to day, making a total of 350.

AUSTRALIA'S LATEST REPORTS

INCREASED SEVERITY ANTTCI

PATED.

(Received 28, 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, July 23

Dr. Patton says: "There are indications of increasing severity in smallpox. If it goes on, we expect some deaths. There will certainly be disfigurement and pock-marked faces." Saturday's crop of cases caused an increase in the stream of vaccinees.

Owing to the strict quarantine regulations the Fiji steamer Levuka's usual Island trip was cancelled. The steamer Warildo was also taken off the West Australian run. In connection with the Newcastle case, Dr. Dick points out that patie/it - left Auckland in the steamer Can ad i Cape on the morning of the 9th, and arrived on the afternoon of the 14th. being discovered on the 22nd when they had been suffering five days, tha period of incubation being twelve day.t. The disease must have been contracted four days before the steamer left Auckland. Two patients, fello.vstowaways on the Canada, Cape, have been isolated at Maitland Gaol, wher? they were sent for a month's imprisonment for vagrancy. i, ■ Adelaide, July' 28.

There is a suspected case of smnli pox in North Adelaide, and anotVat Port Adelaide.