TYPHOID FEVER IN MELBOURNE.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION T___3_l___f.] DUNEDIN, January 26. 'Private letters from Melbourne give sad accounts of the typhoid epidemic there. Among the latest victim, were three old residents of Dunedin. When tihe mail left, four others were on tbe point of death. (At the International Medical Congress, Be. Robertson, of Melbourne, read a paper on the history of typhoid in Victoria. The disease was introduced., in his opinion, from a British port, and was not known prior to*he discovery of gold in the colony. After an interesting discussion, a resolution was passed expressing the opinion that the prevalence of the disease was mainly due to unsanitary conditions, and above all to the cont&*_fc_a~ed water supply, defective drainage, and the i_a- ! proper disposal of nigbtsoll The Congress also recommended the .Government .to adopt a proper system of esßder-ground drainage, including the removal of £-_£-*• sofitby water carriage.]
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7266, 28 January 1889, Page 5
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