CHILD SMALLPOX PATIENT IN LINER MOOLTAN
(11 a.m.) PERTH, May 24. When the liner Mooltan reaches Fremantle from England next Friday she will be placed in strict quarantine The chief quarantine officer m Fremantle said that the medical history 01 the case of an eight-year-old girl who became ill aboard the liner indicated that the disease was smallpox. Passengers disembarking at r remantle would be disinfected. The departure of the ship from Fremantle would not be delayed as part of the quarantine period would be spent ai A radio message from the ship stated that the child’s condition was improving.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22954, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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100CHILD SMALLPOX PATIENT IN LINER MOOLTAN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22954, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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