SMALLPOX IN BRITAIN
STEPS TO PREVENT SPREAD EFFECTIVE SUSPENSION OF FRENCH . ORDER CONFIRMED (British Official Wireless,) Rugby, April 18. Mr. G. Locker-Lampson, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Commons to-day that official confirmation had been received of the suspension by the French Government of the order requiring visitors from England to have been vaccinated within the preceding two months.
Referring to the cause o.f the order, namely, the outbreak of smallpox aboard the Tuscania, which arrived at Glasgow on April 1, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, said the number of cases among the 1598 passengers and crew was 45. There had been seven deaths. All the patients had been isolated in hospital and all contacts were being kept under supervision. The rigorous action taken in this country to prevent the spread of smallpox from the Tuscania appeared to have proved effective. As the ship arrived 17 days ago, any serious risk Of a widespread outbreak of the-dis-ease is at an end, though it was possible some secondary cases might arise.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 9
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