A GOOD SUGGESTION
COMMITTEE OF DOCTORS SHOULD DECIDE WHAT EPIDEMIC IS.. Tho proposal was mada today that a- "medical committee of sufficient size to give confidence to tho public by itsrepresentativo character should be appointed to investigate the prevailing diseaso by examining patients and evidence., and to advise upon methods which will-check and eradicate tho epidemic." Tho suggestion meets with the entire approval of tho Deputy--3sayor (Mr. John Court), of the President' of the Auckland Branch of the - British Medical, Association (Dr. J. C. Pabst), and of other medical menIt is the intention of Mr. Court-to telegraph to tho Auckland district M.P.'s, urging -them to ask the Government to set up a committee as suggested. "I think it is a splendid idea," s'-.id the Deputy-Mayor, yesterday. "If: would settlo once and for all the qbfwtioii of whether the epidemic is smallpox or not v If it is smallpox then proper and efficient methods could be taken tocombat it. Judging by my owii experienco of the disease m tho Old Country, all I can Bay is. if the present outbreak is smallpox it is a very iniU; type."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12889, 23 July 1913, Page 5
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187A GOOD SUGGESTION Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12889, 23 July 1913, Page 5
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