72 J. B. CLELAND. 
Victoria—1900.—There was an imported case of plague 
in April, and 10 indigenous cases in May and June. The 
vital statistics show 2 deaths.. 
1902.—An indigenous case oceurred in March. 
1907.—An imported case, which was fatal, occurred in 
May. 
No plague infected rats were discovered in these out- 
breaks. 
South Australia—1900.—Considerable controversy took 
place at the time as to the real nature of certain cases which 
occurred in South Australia in January. In the light of | 
experience gained later as regards the plague bacillus and | 
the epidemiology of plague, it can only be said that on read- 
ing the reports, even were the cases this disease, the records 
do not carry conviction. The following are the cases re- 
ferred to:—Case 1, a man from Gawler, who was admitted 
to the Adelaide Hospital on January 1st and died on 
January 12th; case 2, a boy from Gawler, admitted to the | 
same hospital on January 5th; and case 3, a boy from Ade- 
-laide, admitted to the hospital on January 18th. Later, an 
undoubted case of plague occurred in a man at Port Ade- 
laide, who had been working on a steamer which had re- 
cently arrived from Sydney. 
1909.—There were four fatal cases of plague at Port Ade- 
laide. 
Western Australia.—In this State, between 1900 and 1906, 
there were 80 indigenous eases of plague and 34 deaths. 
There were four additional cases landed from a French 
mail steamer. Two fatal cases in 1905 and a fatal case in 
1901 were not indigenous. The Vital Statistics give 36 
deaths in all up to the present. 
1900.—Between April 6th and June 18th there were 6 
cases, with 3 deaths, all at Fremantle. 
