THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. PRECAUTIONS IN WELLINGTON.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue LXVII, 30 January 1904, Page 5

THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. PRECAUTIONS IN WELLINGTON.

lhe Town Clerk desires us to state that in view of the occurrence of smallpox in .he city, tho Mayor has i«*ued infctuictiou to the Sanitary Department t» exmi.se exlia vigilance in the examination of ciiy pivmiitfe, and ho also wishes te lll'ge Upon Cltiztlis Uiu dcaii-a.bilifcy of doiug all in thfir puue-r to pmvoiit accumuialioiw of rubbi.sh upon then- premises. Instructions have also been i*«,ued thjik ' shoaid the ndtbreuk threaten to become Kerious Iho Council's sanilory officers will an far t\n possible bt placed at th© dis. posal of tho Health Department, in ordei that no effort wliall bo spared to rid tha city of the terrible scourge which us now in il.s midst. . It must be borne in mind— and no warning on the subject should ba treated lightly — that apart from the fearful ravages caused by this dreaded dis. ciuso, its paralysing effect upon biu>i«<«« and trad© generally would be of serious moment . 'Lhe Mayor therefore hopes that all citizens will assist the- Council by itporting to the. Town Clerk any dangerous insanitary circumstance tliat they maj becotne cognisant of. All such communications will bo treated in strict u,rn'. deuce. The. doctor who vaccinated the children at the Brooklyn School informs us that one hundred pupils — not forty — have been vaccinated. In each case the parents' consent w«s freely given, and the head mas. ler and his a.ssi.sUml gave every facility j for the carrying out of what they coni sidercd a necessary precaution. Tho doo tor obtained a lUt of the parents who ob jected to have their children vaccinated, I and the number, compared with thooa who wero willing to undergo the opera* tion is comparatively small. Wellington visitors will not be received at the Po-rirun. Asylum during the prcaonty smallpox scuro. Moat of the public vaccinatons in tho city have been kept busily employed during the week. Mr. H. Brittaau, of M«i.» iwrs-street, will, as a matter of convent ence, attend applicants to-morrow at his j premises in Mannors-»trect between tho [ hours of 9.30 and 12.30. Tlie two smallpox patients at Somes I». land and Berhampore Hospital are report* ed to be progressing fa-vourably. Every ono in Ebor-fitreet has beep vaccinated, and ono doctor in the vicinity vaccinated no less tlian ,170 persons last night. ■ It has been suggested that during basy times such as the present vaccinators may be somewhat careless in regard to sterilising tho implements used. It may bo stated that it is an instruction from the Health Department that every care is to be taken by tho publio vaccinators in performing the operation. The Minister for Public Health issued, the following bulletin to-day : — Christ* church : Everything quiet j ■ patient* doing well ; uo further cases. Welling- J ton : No further coses ; t/wo people* „ under observation ; uo further develojH uaents.