ANTI-VAGGINATORS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 92, 22 August 1913, Page 5

ANTI-VAGGINATORS.

BRITISH M.P.’s OBJECTION. SMALLPOX L\ SYDNEY. [By Electric telegraph—Coeyrigiu. [United Press Association.] Sydney, August 21. Seventeen cases of smallpox were reported to-day, including two from Oxley, a country township, which an official accidentally stumbled .upon while investigating the Balranald case. The latter is not smallpox. The metro, politan cases include a letter-carrier, one of a few unvaccinated. Referring to the Empire Parliamentarians. a health official remarked chat there was no obligation for them to be vaccinated before arriving in Australia or leaving Australia. Probably it would concern them most if they still declined vaccination. A member of the Million Club dedares that the epidemic is causing a loss of £120,000 daily in Sydney. GOVERNMENT PERPLEXED. Melbourne, August 21. Some of the Empire Parliamentarians wirelessed that they would not submit to vaccination. The Govern went is perplexed, and probably this will result in only a small number visit ing Sydney.

VACC rNATION PROGRESSIX(I STEADILY. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, August 22. There is an increase of smallpox coincident with a cold snap. T accination steadily progresses though there if no rush. The improved quality of the lymph and the experience gained hy the operators has rendered the operation less fearsome, and there arc few had re-actions. Three of yesterday’s smallpox cases wore previously unsuccessfully vaccinated, and declined to have the operation repeated. THE DIFFICULTY OVERCOME. (Received 8.5 a.m.) Melbourne. August 22. Messrs Black, Crooks and Jones, members of the Empire Parliamentary party, decline vaccination on conscientious grounds, being members of the British Anti-Vaccination Party. Two other members are adverse, but their objections is less strong. The only arrangement for the objectors is to b' landed at Suva and thence brought to Australia. Otherwise they would have to enter; New- wbi«A would involve being, quarantined on reaching Australia. Arriving from Fij they can be landed at Broken Bay from whence they can be conveyer north or south without entering tig quarantine area. ~ .j

N.Z. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. ' [Per Press Aprociattox. I Wellington, August 21. The following smallpox bulletin was issued to-night;— The district health officer at Attck land (Dr. Monk) reports that no fresh eases are reported either in Auckland r ‘ity or from the country districts since yesterday’s report. (Note. —V" eases have been reported in Auckland foe the past rl o A r eu days.) The district health offiee- at TV el lington (Dr. Chesson) has nothing fresl-t-n report regarding the eontacts o f the case on the s.s. Delphic.