From the Gazette & Herald of Friday, February 4, 1955 (From Gazette & Herald)

From the Gazette & Herald of Friday, February 4, 1955

AN outbreak of typhoid has hit the Pickering area. There are 25 cases or suspected cases in Pickering and one in the neighbouring village of Thornton-le-Dale. Thirteen people are in hospital.

None is in a dangerous condition and the impression appears to be that the peak of the disease has been reached. At a press conference, medical authority representatives stated that it was a different germ from that which accompanied the devastating epidemic in Malton in 1932, when more than 30 people died. Life in Pickering bears little outward sign of the undertone of anxiety which is fairly widespread in the town. Business, social and communal activities continue as usual, and there is very good reason to believe that the outbreak has passed its peak.

AS members of the Commonwealth, it would be wrong to refuse Jamaicans admission to this country, says the Archbishop of York, Dr Cyril Garbett. But for their own sakes, they should be told plainly the discomforts and difficulties they would experience in England, above all the cold, rain and fog which were such a contrast to West Indian sunshine and warmth. Referring to the concern felt by many over the large number of Jamaicans now coming into this country, Dr Garbutt says that the arrangements for meeting them have often proved inadequate. They were unprepared for the coldness of winter, and they found it difficult to obtain accommodation.

Updated: 11:41 Wednesday, February 02, 2005