THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.
THE CASE OX THE DELPHIC. [Peb Press Association. ] Wellington, August 20. The case of the quartermaster of the Dolphin, who is now in the isolation hospital, has boon definitely diagnosed as that of the variety of smallpox prevalent in the North. Every member of the ship’s company except one was vaccinated before the Delphic left Auckland, and all those not'taken have been vaccinated. Regarding the strong complaints of the coal-workers who were detained on the Delphic all Monday night without blankets, Captain Evans, Shaw Saville Superintendent, expresses regret and points out that he was unaware of the position till late at night, when it was impossible to make arrangements. Dr. Chasson said the Health Department’s first duty was to take the nocrysary precautions. Owing to the lrtones?, D was impossible to do more than was done. The Department went to groat trouble to let relatives of the ned men know the position.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 90, 20 August 1913, Page 6
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155THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 90, 20 August 1913, Page 6
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