THE PLAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 81, 9 April 1900, Page 2

THE PLAGUE.

[B* Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]!

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) FOUR MOKE OASES IN SYDNEY. A DEATH FROM THE DISEASE. (Received 8, 7 p.m.) Sydney, April 8. There were four cases of plague today. The victims were:—Howell, of Waverley; a boy, Smith, of Redfern; Mrs. Mcßride, of Forest Lodge; and [ one unknown. A girl named Rawlings died in quarantine. A CASE AT MELBOURNE. 1 Melbourne, April 7. The steamer South Australian, from Sydney, entered the Heads with the 1 yellow flag flying. She was quaran- i tined. A fireman named Brown is suffering from plague. SIX MORE OASES. FIVE DEATHS. (Received 9,1.5 a.m.) Sydney, April 8. Fresh cases to-day were:—Elizabeth Langford, Prince Alfred Hospital; Mary Boshell and Fred Boshell (mother and infant), King-street; Kennedy, Marricksville; Mason, Parramatta; Shaw, Woolloomooloo. The following deaths have occurred: —Elizabeth Langford, Fred Boshell, Yates, Gaynor, and Mabel Quinn. NEW ZEALAND'S PRECAUTIONS. Wellington, April 7. Suggestions and directions as to public health, for the use of local bodies, have been printed and issued by the Government. They recommend a house-to-house visitation by an expert inspector; careful examination of water j supplies and such places as slaughters houses, saleyards, butchers' shops, 3 latrineß, and factories; disinfection daily, where necessary; regular flushing and repair of drains. Particular attention Bhould be given to localities that have been visited by typhoid. It is suggested by the Central Board of Health that every local board should, where necessary, select an available site for a plague hospital, to be erected in , some suitable locality. The building ' should be of such a nature that it coJd , be destroyed by fire when no longer required. Oases of reported plague to be reported to the board at once, isolated, and conveyed to the plague hospital, and other inmates of the dwelling or premises in which such cases occur should b8 kept under observation. In the event of death from plague, it is declared to ba highly desirable that, where legally permissible, arrangements should be made for cremation of the bodies. Auckland, April 7. The Chairman of the Harbour Board 6 has received from Dr. Lewis his deci-1 8 sion, as Health Officer, as to the landing ® of bonedust, Dr. Lewis is of opinion ' that it is absurd to make any distinction ■ between bonedust aßimported and other s cargo coming from Sydney, and while J cargo is not fumigated he sees no reason why bags containing bonedust should " be subjected to that treatment. He 6 thinks if bags are sound on arrival, at ~ far as the Health Depirtmont is concerned there is no need for any further steps. With rtfcrones to a telegram sent to the Colonial Secretary, asking the Government to issue instructions to ihe railway outhotities to prohibit i- bones entering tho city by rail, the !. traffic manager has received a telegram from tho authorities in Wellington instructing him to do all in his power j to assist in combatting the plague, |