LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Melbourne. Eour undoubted cases of small-pox exists here. The parties have been isolated and every precaution taken. The first case was one of the passengers of the Hero on her last trip from Auckland, in a house occupied by a man named James, at Long Gully, where the small-pox broke out. The patients are isolated in a special building on the ranges. Ships from New South Wales are placed in quarantine, and it is probable that a bill amending the Vaccination Act, will be introduced, making it an offence to conceal the nature of the disease, and enforcing compulsory vaccination in outlying districts. Other cases are reported at E igle Hawk, and most. Btringent precautionary measures are being adopted. At present there are six adults and three children in the sanatorium. At Long Gully, A third child, {{belonging to Mr. James's family, has died ; and Mrs Robertson, an elderly woman, is dangerously ill. The disease is causing great consternation, especially in the neighborhood of Sandhurst. Most of the schools have been dismissed.
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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 990, 26 July 1872, Page 3
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175LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 990, 26 July 1872, Page 3
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