29 OCTOBER 1910, Page 3

It seems certain from the Local Government Board circular issued

on Tuesday night that the four mysterious deaths in Suffolk during the last week of September were caused by plague. Although an examination of a part of the remains failed to confirm this fact, yet several rats and hares have been discovered which were undoubtedly infected by it. Fortunately the local authorities seem to have taken imme- diate action, and an energetic campaign for the extermination of rats in the neighbourhood of Freston has been started. There are unfortunately reasons for thinking that the disease among animals has already spread considerably, but no suspicious cases of human illness have occurred for more than a month.