SMALLPOX.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 93, 23 August 1913, Page 5

SMALLPOX.

IN THE COMMONWEALTH. BAD CASK OF CONCEALMENT. ißy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Sydney, August 22. Eleven cases of smallpox were reported to-day, one or two of a fairly severe type. They include a Chinese oabinet-maker, the first Celestial attacked since the outbreak. There is a rather bad case of concealment at Surrey Hills. When the ambulance called for a woman patient she and her husband and child had disappeared. The Tarn worth case proved to b< chicken-pox. i Melbourne, August 22. Fiji has proclaimed Ne.v South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, anc South Australia infected States. Mr Watt has decided to protest tba Victoria is uninfected. The sole case occurring came from Sydney. LORD MAYOR'S OPINION. (Received 8.50 a.m.) ' Sydney, August 2.'). Tug Lord Mayor strongly advocates compulsory vaccination as the onlj tval means of che< King mallpox. Tin interests of the community must conn first, he asserts, and vaccination must >o undergone by everyone excepting under vigilantly-guarded clauses foi exemption. X.Z. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. [Per Press Association.] Wellington, August 22. The following smallpox bulletin war issued to-night:—The district health officer at Auckland (Dr. Monk) reportthat no fresh eases have been report ed in Auckland. Four cases arc re parted from Kaikohe, two cases al Orakau, and one case at Tautoro.