FREE FROM QUARANTINE
SMALLPOX PATIENT LEAVES MOTUIHI ISLAND OPEN ON SATURDAY Pronounced by the Health Department as having recovered and Being free from infection the young woman passenger who was quarantined for smallpox after the arrival of the A'orangi from Vancouver on February 23 was discharged from Motuihi Island this morning.
Dr. T. J. Hughes, medical officer of health, in Auckland, stated that the patient had made a good recovery and there was no need to detain her further. After her discharge steps would be taken immediately to remove the' quarantine restrictions from the island, which would definitely be open to picnickers as from Saturday. The recent quarantine period, 24 days, is the longest during which the island hay been in isolation, the last period being one of 18 days in May, 1923, when two cases, of mild smallpox were responsible for the quarantine of 100 passengers from the Royal Mail steamer Makura on its arrival from Vancouver.
During the quarantine period the passengers from the Aorangi were given every possible freedom, and they were released in groups as soon as they were pronounced by the health authorities to be clear of infection.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 926, 20 March 1930, Page 1
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