The Bubonic Plague.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 140, 3 May 1900, Page 3

The Bubonic Plague.

o Brisbane, April 30. A man named Bishop has developed plague at New Farm. The Government have officially notified the other Governments of thj prevalence of the plague. The captation on rats has been increased to6i.

u May 1. A steward, named Aspinelin, belonging lo the skjiinev IvUranoa, from the north, is attacked by plague, end the steamei *s quarantined. The passengers who previously landed are being traced.

Apel \ide, April 80. The doctors sent to Sydney to study the pHpio declare that the supposed cases at Adelaide Tvere not plague.

Sydney, April 30. There ha<3 Taeen a boom in the delivery of rats since the bonus was increased. The plague is practically stamped out at Honolulu. There were no c ises for a fortnight prior to the Wammoo's sailing. All vessels for America aie getting clean bills. Up to date there have been 159 caoes of pi igue in Sydney, and 53 death.

May 1. The hospital report for tho we^k, ending Saturday, states that 76 cases are uaaer treatmenl, 14 ware] discharged and soven died, the total ca^es being 159, deaths 53, and recoveries 27. Four fresh cases of plague were reported to day.

Rockhamptcn, May 1. Three cases of plague have appealed here, a "waiter at an hotel and two v. barf labourers. Several dead rats were lecenlly found in the river, v

Pa.rth, JVXay-1. The p] as uo patient, Sweeney, has been re i cased, and there .are no moiQ cases.

Wellington. April 30. Dr Martin, Health Officer for the city, considers that there is absolutely no cause for alarm about the plague, and all that the Sanitary Commissioners are doing is simply calculated to cause a scare. He thinks it very doubtful indeed if the Auckland case is one of plague. The same sort of conditions are iuund in blood poisoning. The plague hospital was on a very good site, and he is totally opposed to a iloating hospital. At a mooting of the Central Board of Health, the Colonial Secretary stated that if any Council neglects to comply with any recommendation of the Commissioners or delays compliance, the proposal will be carried out by the orders of tho Government, even if Parliament has to bo appealed to pubsequently to confirm the action ot the authorities. T,he Government will also protect municipalities m giving elfect to the Commissioners' recommendations. The Crown Law Officers advise that four days' notice is sufficient to give house-owners to demolish condemned buildings.

May 1. Another suspicious case has occurred at Auckland. A man was bitten by a flea, and swelling of the glands has already commenced. He was sent to the hospital and isolated till a definite conclusion is arrived at. Dr Baldwin telegraphs that the man admitted to the hospital at Auckland with glandular swellings is not suffering from the plague. In regaid. to the boy, he says the case is a very mild one. Dr Fyffe, af tor inspecting Chinese shops m Lambton Quay and Courtenay-placd, reports that there arc only thi.ee which can be called clean. He strongly condemns them as a whole, and advises frequent aDd rigid inspection. District commissioners will be appointed for Wesfcland and Napier, and other towns wh^re no commissions haw been appointed will 1 be visited by Mr Gilruth and Dr Mason.

Auckland, May 1. The boy who was bitten by a rat a fortnight ago, is progressing favourably.

Dunedin, May 1. The inspectors report to the City Council that 115 tenements have recently been found in an insanitary state. •

Christchurch, May 1: Up to the present, the Chris fcchurch City Council has purchased about 2000 rats. Thursday has been appointed by the LytfceUon Borough Council as a general holiday for rat-killing.

Old lady, to cabby who'hsib "just brought back an umbrelia left by her in his ca.b : " Oh, cabman, please accept my beet tlianKs !" Cabby : " Beg pardmg, mum, ban I don't think I've a pocket big enough to put 'em in ! " t