... n for smallpox cases. The disease has been on the increase in London for some weeks past, and Dr. Brewer now states that the charaoter of the out- break leads them to believe that the metropolis is likely to suffer from an epidemic of smallpox. This alarming ...

... valuable machinery there, and it was rumoured that they would attack the place very shortly. The report of the outbreak of small-pox at Bathurst is confirmed, and the deaths, when the Volta left that port were at the rate of about ten daily, but the epidemic ...

... gratuitously. Mr. Scard said he understood tha.t those who had had small-pox did not require to be vaccinated again. The Medical Officer said the object was to prevent them getting small-pox. The Clerk, in answer to a question, said Dr. Davies's letter referred ...

... average. During the same period 27 births were registered, which was at the rate of 327 per 1,000 per annum. The epidemic of small-pox he considered was at an end, no fresh case having occurred during the last three months. Some I discussion ensued respecting ...

... Twenty-six births were registered during the same period, being at the rate of about 28-4 per 1,000 per annum. A case of small-pox occurred in the district, but he had not been able to trace its origin. Four cases of scarlet fever occurred during the month ...

... daily journal. THE SMALL-POX Erinnric IN LONDON.-At a meeting of the managers of the Metropolitan Asylums District, on Saturday, the whole of the sitting was occupied with discussing how to meet the alarming increase of the small-pox epidemic. The oaicial ...

... useful but somewhat stringent regulation — There shall not be a public or church funeral or any person who has died of small-pox, diph- theria, scarlet fever, yellow fever, typhus fever, or Asiatic cholera, but the funeral of such person shall be private ...

... by the World's l air Commission. It is expected that on; million will be subscribed within thirty days. Several cases of small-pox have occurred, and ihe people have taken fright, although no epi- demic is expected. The Black Venus will be roduced to ...

... entertainers and oflicial pro- tectors are content that they shculd do so. Who, then, has any right to complain:'—L-meet. SMALL-POX IN THE METROPOLIS.—Although the II11r.: her of deaths from smsil-pox was last week 1) less than in the week previous, the ...

... to-morrow morning. Mary Anne, I say as soon as I get in; Mrs. Black is very ill, and I am afraid she is going to have the small-pox. I shall try and persuade everyone in the village to be vaccinated to-morrow. On the following day we despatch the children ...

... is announced that Chief Secocoeni will be released after the convention has been signed. In consequence of the spread of small-pox in the neighbourhood of Wakefield, the Sandal Local Board have decided to erect a hospital for the treatment of cases arising ...

... made in future. The matter then dropped. SMALL-POX HOSPITAL FOR BLAENAVON. Mr. 1). Lewis stated that an application would shortly be made by the Local Board at Blaenavon to the Guardians, to provide a small-pox hospital for the town. JG54 12s 9d had been ...