HOTBED OF TYPHUS.
SERVIAN AWFUL PEIGHT. ; NEEDS CIEANSING ITRE, :1\ . ' Sir Thomas Lipton,:who has returned from a visit to Servia, says thai a: fire 4s needed-to clear Serbia of typhi**. Houeea and cloibbing roust be burned;.vliiereiatre scarcely'•' enough;' people' "remaining /to '-dig the gravesyofj'the. .dead,- whiase-Siodiea are lying exposed in the cemeteries. The situation has gat /beyond .control. ' . Z : l One. source of is.; bjack'rjijead,'. the only ration supplied. to_ the . The-patientsvplace;- the brwid;r;b«ieatli their pillows,.; and-then peddlers boy ;the umused loaves and sell them fcp.. peoplo outside, -thus- spreading the diseaee.v.-.^-.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 72, 25 March 1915, Page 5
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92HOTBED OF TYPHUS. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 72, 25 March 1915, Page 5
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