TYPHUS EPIDEMIC
CASES APPEAR IN SPAIN. PRECAUTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST. [United Press Association— Copyright.) LONDON, January 20. ( Methods to protect Allied troops in the Middle East in view of the typhus epidemic which “has assumed dangerous proportions in eastern Europe and has made an appearance in Spain” are receiving careful consideration in London. The Under-Secretary of State for War (Sir Edward Grigg) said that special measures had been taken to protect troops against the spread of the typhus epidemic outside Europe. Measures had already been taken to supply vaccine and set up laboratories in the Middle East. The War Office is understood to have been in tueh with the Russian authorities, who have vast knowledge and experience of the disease. Polish circles in London report' that the Germans have closed all chinches in Lithuania because of the typhus scare. Police permission is necessary for weddings, baptisms, and funerals, and attendances are not allowed to exceed 30. Jews are forbidden to post parcels throughout German-occupied eastern Europe for fear of spreading typhus. Several cases of bubonic plague have been notified among war prisoners m Poland.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 86, 22 January 1942, Page 3
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