THE RISK OF INFECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1918, Page 3

THE RISK OF INFECTION.

PROTEST AGAINST BERTHING OVERSEAS VESSELS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Welli »gton, Last Night. I lie following telegram reached the Minister of Public Health yesterday Irom the secretary of the Waterside W oncers' Union: The Auckland Waterside "Workers' Union emphatically protests against the berthing of an overseas ship at Queen's Wharf, thereby incurring grave risks of infection of the population of Auckland city and the whole Dominion. We consider that, in the interests of the public in general, this vessel should have been placed in quarantine for a period of fourteen' days more particularly a 3 there- had already been one death aboard.

The Mmiater of PuMicHealtMas-.sent the following reply: Your telegram, received. In reply, I beg to. say that, ali" necessary precautions were taken lUieFmvp r lt!l ofi j eer Was ordered not t'«>. leave the vessel until I was informd. of' the number of deaths, if. any, and wheDle^infl, 1101 the '"l! 68 '' on b »ard ; wa S .sim. pie influenza, such as was already pre--a.'ent m the Dominion. The replies rehpVrt T? R OM de *h had 'occurred: and tW' H Ure ' ■ ?° m broneh O-pmun)OT,ia, p° n t ■ Sl , ckness was simple-influ-enza. In view of these facts -the.-sliip was ordered to be cleared, as placing, her-in quarantine would not have been, justi.