2020: DAY 17
BUBONIC PLAGUE
EXTENSION OF QUARANTINED AREA
QUARANTINE DECLARED NEAR BELMORE PARK
YESTERDAY'S CASES AND DEATHS - Belmore Park, Wexford St area. Heavily populated with Chinese.
A CASE AT PARRAMATTA - man who went every day to fruit-markets in Sydney
INTERVIEW WITH DR CHERRY
HOW MELBOURNE IS ACTING
IMPRESSIONS OF SYDNEY METHODS - capitation fee in force; some infected rats found, but no cases in humans. -
PADDINGTON SANITARY COMMITTEE
CITY COUNCIL
PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS
THE MOORE PARK TIP - should a bonus be paid for rats?
PLAGUE IN WEXFORD ST - Alderman Dr Graham drew attention to an outbreak of plague amongst the Asiatics of the city...the case a very bad one... neighbourhoods swarming with rats. -
PLAGUE PREVENTION PRECAUTIONS Mayor submitted return of work: 4814 houses inspected; 532 notices to clean; 464 re-inspections; 38,000 (!) rats caught; 1850 rats captured
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RATS - debate re capitation fee. - if you pay it, then kids will catch rats and get plague. But they're catching them now!
PRIVATE LANES - move to close them defeated in Council
OPEN SEWER, GEORGE ST WEST - resolved to cover it in; ran to Blackwattle Bay Letters to ed - suggestions for killing rats (poison meat; steam) - Woollahra Tip - who will pay the piper? (cost of plague, war)
Cleansing the streets - Source: State Library of NSW