TO THE EDITOR.

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 24, 28 January 1919, Page 8

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—Do you not think the next-of-kin of those soldiers on jboard the transport Malta have been treated badly by the Health Department? The Department knew before the ship left Australia that there was sickness on board, and had they told the men's people that they were likely to be quarantined for a few days after arrival there would not have been all this disappointment and inconvenience to everybody. As it was, we were told yesterday that the men were all being examined and those who were Jit would be allowed to land at 4.15 p.m. After waiting about all day we were next told that they would berth the ship at 8.30 this morning, and many of us went along to the Glasgow Wharf in all the rain, only to find a notice to the effect that the men may land after 10 o'clock. We learned last night that those sick and wrunded men have been vaccinated twice, and are being put ihroogh the inhalation chamber. Now, Sir, as everyone knows, inoculation or vaccination makes strong men feel ill, so what must those poor fellows have Buffered after a double dose? Although all the men have been examined no one yet knows who is ill, but the Health Department does not mind how worried their people are over their boys. It is quite time something: waa done in the matter.—l am, etc., ONE OF THE ANXIOUS NEXT-OF-KIN. 28th January.