THE EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144197, 13 September 1913, Page 3

THE EPIDEMIC.

STILL SEVENTY-SEVEN CASES. JJV ELECTRIC TELEtnurn. —COrTßK'.nt SYDNEY, Sept. 12. It is now stated that tbo patients who recently escaped from quarantine were beyond tbo intcctious stage. Nine fresh cases of smallpox were reported to-day. t-EIl PPXSB ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Sept. 12. Tho official smallpox bulletin this evening states that the district health officer at Auckland reports that no cases have been reported from Auckland city or suburbs, and only one case from Kaipara, in tho Hokianga County. The number of cases at present in the hospital at Kaikoho is 28, at Oaikare 5, pt Point Chevalier 20, at Hamilton 6, and at Taurauga 18. A CASE AT HAMILTON. HAMILTON, September 13. Tho case of the swagger from Otahuhn, who was admitted to the Waikato hospital two days ago, has definitely been diagnosed as smallpox. There are now five cases under treatment. Seven have been discharged. The man’s companion is still ift large.