The Bubonic Plague.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 131, 10 April 1900, Page 1

The Bubonic Plague.

Sydney, April 6. Nicholas is dead. Two fresh cases were reported to-day, a woman Dibley, of Redfern, and a boy named Yates, of the Sydney Hospital, who resided in Clarence street. The qnarantine area, which embraces Sussex, Kent, Erskine, and King streets has been cleansed and released. Two fresh eases of plague were reported to-day. Owing to quarantine restriction? the Union Company are rednsing the sailings from Sydnev^nd Melbourne to intervals of &m days. It is likely that if th'vS quarantine continues arrangements will be ma\le to keep one boat solely between, Auckland and Sydney. Thursday is to be proclaimed a day of special prayer and humiliation re the plague. The Archbishop has issued a special prayer 'to be read in the churches.

April 8. Sis fresh eases of plague were reported to-day. There wore five deaths., , Tho fresh cases to-day were Elizabeth Langford, Prince Alfred Hospital ; Mary Boshell, Fred Boshell, King Street ; Kennedy, Marrickville ; Mason, Paramatta ; Shaw, "Wooloomooloo. The following deaths have occurred :—Elizabeth Langford, Fred Boshell, Yates, Gaynor and Mabel Quinn. * The four cases of plague^reported to-day were; — Powell, of Waverley ; a boy naniad Smith, of "Redfern ; Mrs Mcßride, of Forost Lodge ; and 'one is unknown „ ' A girl named Rawlinson has died dn quarantine.

*' Melbourne, April 7. The steamer South Australia, from Sydney, entered the Heads with theyellow ' flag -• flying, and was"quarantined. A Jremau „ named^ Brownwas % suffering* with - the. ' v *\ ; :

. - '"' - WjBiiWJfGTONj -April 848 4 /y The Premier in i , replying to," a" deputation said 'that iip ' to ; ,'the present the. Central Board- of Health 1 had been- merely a figure-head, and ! legislation was wanted next-sessio.n. In the meantime" a series, of suggestions drawn, up would ba gazetted for the guidance of- local boards. Rig advice toAhV latter was to maka" their own": law. * Ifc was^"far better to take some' -r|sskf"^han lety^the, plagu& Qpme m, ; ,anS .h'e-would^ sfcariEv by, the local 1 bbdipf in anything Mie^ did?' to/prevedtfc: $.b,- and- also" help': ; financially . -<\ \"\ i \, , f _J' X - j y - , baptaiu'.Tr^fcier ', ■ mayo,, C&pkli^^ Smi'thi^j^eiih^j -%endent n of < mercan tlle^^aMn&^^ r •- , PrincB,\^wh^^g^r,|| ;^(^paptaint -missionof ; Qiil^^^fe^^Pf^^-ll ;tho'4Ue4ibriio|^|es^^^ph^^rfcs^ "g%g4hVih^||ig^|^pM|;

The views of the shipping people " have b.sen sent to the Premier and . Government will decide wheiJioi' vessels are to be hauled away ft'om the wharf at night to prevent rats' landing, or whether vessel^s^fC^ cargoes will be fumingafed before ships comq alongside , the wlueves.

' ' -i oril T. Suggestions and direjfcior.* .> ' specking t the public health fr, use bhfooal bodies have been p . r ' .; and issued bV the Cov emh .,,, , Tbiy recommend a house to I, . ; visitation by an expert inspect k , I'Oareful examination of w^' . supplies, and \such places a* slaughter houses, svileyards, bute; » jy_ ' shops, latrines and/factories. P^cticular attention should be giver, "i>\ localities that have been viaiteu ], > typhoid. x * . '"\ \ '

Cehkstchttcch; April 0. ' v The conference re 'tsublic "heal I a i^ld to-day, was -altendt-ci by dt-le-grikesfroni the city and subunui^ loc'^l* bodies. The following resiol , ition- W carried :— Thai s - <v~i; conferencV of .representatives ivonx the boro Whs of CkHfetohurGb, Sydenham, \St. Albana, \hi\v" 4W « **« and Woolsionynd the road diWioi^' "^ of Avon, RiccVton. and Spremn is of opinion that it l ds "impprafavoijg^ necessary that a^ properly q^ualiiieG medical man be appointed\'a3 a public health officer Jor' the c\ty d OhrisLchurch an p v the surroaQV*- '>?< districts comprehended within whao is kno ( wii as the Drainage -Board area, such public health olßcbt iol . possess special knowledge of moitfla >„ methods of sanitation and shall md\ as medical adviser on all sanitary -, natters pertaining to 'the disfeWi. "*•, After discussion, it was ;resolvo(3 that the contribution towards ;|Bg jC cost should be' apportioned/ aefeoi'd/ _• ing, to the rateable value of propt^y in the districts. ' --A" 'opmmitfc^was set up 'to , niaka r the hpces&xry „ I' enquiries and^iormulate an 'aocof D-(-scheme. ' <^ A - '■ ' ."' "

, - ' „ , " p April ,*?! > ;?The 'stringent j idken in Australia to.pr'evenf tbe spread *o£',tlie plagii^jen'tail considerable e3b?ens9 upon' shipowners'/ and it in anticipated 'tjtatfa general increase - irii£eights will, iake - place in the rates between' Australia and Iy6w ' 3 Zealand acd^ontha N^wT^Zealami, COdsij. '-' 'V^ ,*°\. J ' l^i ;.C- r

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