THE EPIDEMIC.
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph-^-Copyright." (Received Sept. 2,*- 9.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Sept. 2.
A steward aboard tho steamer Persic, from Sydney, developed smallpox, ,Ere-. cautions have been adopted. -^ *' ' ' SYDNEY. Sept. 1. There were ten -cases of- small-pox today, and there are now 63 patients and 210 convalescents m quarantine. A large, number of people suffering from chicken-pox have presented themselves for examination. \ WELLINGTON, last night. . The Deputy Chief Health Officer issued tho following bulletin at 5 p.m. to-day : "Tbe District Health Officer, Auckland (Dr. Monk), reports that no cases were reported from Auckland city or suburbs. Nothing is reported from' the north of Auckland. The South Waikato district is reported about clear, and reports from the 1 North Waikato are also good." AUCKLAND, this day.
The number, of patients m the isolation hospital has been reduced to 26. Reports from- the country districts are all' reassuring. . Waikato, Taumarunui, and Te Awamutu report "all clear." Hunfcly has had no new cases for six weeks. Dr Buck reports from Kaikohe "all well."" ' '
Tho medical students are being distributed throughout the native settlements.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13170, 2 September 1913, Page 5
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