THE WORST CASE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 76, 4 August 1913, Page 5

THE WORST CASE.

THE SMALLPOX SCARE. WORDS TO DOUBTING DOCTORS. [Per Press Association.] Auckland, August 4. A European who was employed as a dock hand and resided in the town, was moved to the isolation hospital this morning. Dr. Valintino, who arrived by the train in the afternoon, states that since leaving the Main Trunk express at Te Awamutu on Saturday lie has seen 55 cases, and is of the opinion that the outbreak is a malignant form of smallpox. He saw the body of the Maori minister who died from the disease- at Taupiri, and says it was one of the worst cases he has seen. He wishes doubting doctors and others could have seen it, as he feels that then precautions would be redoubled. THE PAHIATUA CASE. Pahiatua, August 3. The local smallpox patient is now convalescent, and will be discharged from the hospital in the course of a few days. All contacts have been released. Since the outbreak, fully a thousand people have been vaccinated locally. FRESH CASES IN SYDNEY. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Sydney, August 2. There were three smallpox cases on Saturday, also one suspicious case. There were four cases of smallpox to-day.