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Pacific Islands Monthly, 19 July 1948Vol. XVIII, No. 12

No Quarantine For

p. 79 · Read in the full issue

Indians At Suva

SUVA, July 5.

TWO first class and 373 steerage pas sengers on the “Orna,” from Cal cutta were discharged at Suva on June 26. As every person on board had been vaccinated after the discovery of a smallpox case (landed at Singapore), the passengers were permitted to land with out going through quarantine. All were given a thorough medical examination and the ship and its cargo were fumi gated. ..

Most of the passengers were Indians returning to Fiji. Some had married in India and brought their families back with them.