A. case of anthrax brought to Guy's Hospital on October 26, shows how energetically our health authorities can act. The victim was a brush-ker who had bought some hair and bristles on October 3. The City of London, Southwark and Bermondsey immediately got busy ever brush manufactured since October 3, was traced and the sale stopped. Analysis showed that they were the cause of the anthrax and there have been no more cases of the disease.
But Sir John Jarvis does not easily accept defeat. Some of the tugs booked for Wednesday were engaged elsewhere on Thursday, he got some more from down the coast. There was an awkward mudbank he got it scraped away enough to clear longer. And as the Berengaria's oil reserves looked like running out, he had a tanker standing by to pour more oil if necessary. In the end the ship was safely brought up the Tyne on Thursday afternoon delivered at the shipyard and Jarrow's "Christmas box" was saved.
An official reported to have told Sir John Jarvis that his behaviour was The point of the story is that the hair and bristles came from Manchoukuo. You probably get plenty of such in Shanghai.
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