SMALLPOX OUTBREAK
EPIDEMIC IN VANCOUVER. BROUGHT FROM AMERICA. - (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, March 21. Owing to a recent outbreak of smallpox cases at Vancouver, the medical inspection of passengers and the crew of the Niagara was more careful than usual when the vessel dropped anchor in the stream this morning. There were no developments however and the ship was granted pratique. The ship’s surgeon, Dr O’Neill, said that the epidemic had come from America. There had been cases in Los Angeles and San Francisco before any had been heard of in Vancouver. It was a bad type, deaths having occurred in a Canadian city. Vaccination clinics had been opened in Vancouver, both by the Department of Health and by private medical men. These were being patronized freely. Dr O’Neill said he thought that the authorities had the situation well in hand.
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Southland Times, Issue 21660, 23 March 1932, Page 7
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142SMALLPOX OUTBREAK Southland Times, Issue 21660, 23 March 1932, Page 7
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