SMALLPOX OUTBREAK
RIGOROUS ACTION STOPS SPREADING FRENCH ORDER CANCELLED British Official Wireless RUGBY, Thursday. The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. G. L. Locker-Lampson, stated in the House of Commons today that official confirmation had been received of the suspension by the French Government of its order requiring visitors from England to have been vaccinated within the preceding two months. Referring to the cause of the order, namely, the outbreak of smallpox on board the Tuscania, which arrived at Glasgow on April 1, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, said the number of cases among the 1,598 passengers and crew was 45. There had been seven deaths in all. The patients had been isolated in hospital, and all contacts were being kept under super vision. The rigorous action taken in Britain to prevent the spread of smallpox from the Tuscania appeared to have proved effective, as the ship arrived 17 days ago. Any serious risk of a widespread outbreak of the disease was at an end, although it was possible that some secondary cases might arise.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 643, 20 April 1929, Page 9
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175SMALLPOX OUTBREAK Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 643, 20 April 1929, Page 9
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