Carbon County News | 1909-05-27 | Page 2 | Plague in Venezuela

PLAGUE IN VENEZUELA precautions taken to prevent spread of dread disease caracas As a result of the reappearance pe arance of bubon c plague here president gomez hai ha aed a d decree acree making the declaration of dlease obligatory and Iro providing viding for the es of a corps of maritime samI sanitary tary police to pre present ent tie imbor tatton tation or transmission of infectious d scales the report of the director of uio we sanitary commission announces one case of bubonic plague and exten extensive tive sanitation measures already hive have begun I 1 he lie authorities have set apart a building to be used as a special to hospital spital and the s sanitation of all hou houlda aes haa has been ordered all per sons leaving caracas are being ex ban san tary commission commissions have been appointed at la guira and puerto ca bello to prevent if possible the spread of tho the disc ago to these ports