FRANCE AND SMALLPOX.
large loss of revenue.
DECREASE IN BOMBAY CASES. Australian Press Association—United Service LONDON, April 29. France is losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a week in consequence of her vaccination regulations designed to shut out smallpox from the country. The tourist traffic from England has fallen off 50 per cent.
Hundreds of excursionists have cancelled contemplated trips. The advance bookings are almost negligible. Many of the coastal resorts in France rely almost solely on British and American visitors for their revenue.
A British official wireless message states that Earl Winterton, Under Secretary for India, stated in the House of Commons to-day that the latest figures showed that smallpox has declined in Bombay since the middle of March. The number of cases had dropped from 142 in the week ended March 16 to 86 in the week ended April 6. Circulars had been issued to the shipping companies by the Port Health Department, Bombay, advising the vaccination of all passengers and crews of vessels leaving Bombay, except persons recently vaccinated. It was understood that advice was being followed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20243, 1 May 1929, Page 13
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