SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY
TWELVE FRESH CASES.
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... SYDNEY, August 20. _ Eleven cases of smallpox were reported in the city to-day. There are 73 patients in quarantine, and 166 aw convalescents. '.Hie total number of patients to date is 536.
Another case was discovered at Lithgow, where an hotel waitress is infected. She had not been in Sydney, nor in contact with anyone known to be infected. Replying to a deputation from the Health Society, the Hon. Mr Flowers said there was nothing worse than panic legislation, but a Bill dealing with compulsory vaccination would be introduced shortly. It was proposed also to enlarge the powers of the Board of Health. The suggestion to proclaim Sydney a city from which nobody could move unless vaccinated would be a, very drastic step, and would lead to chaos. Replying to a question in Parliament Mr Mowers said that 72 contacts had been quarantined since the outbreak started, and four of them had become infected. '■
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Evening Star, Issue 15268, 21 August 1913, Page 6
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