THIRD DEATH.
SLEEPING SICKNESS. EXAGGERATED REPORTS. STATEMENT BY DOCTOR. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) KAIKOHE, this day. The third death from sleeping sickness occurred yesterday, when Kathleen Galloway, aged 7i years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Galloway, of Motukaraka. Hpkianffa. died in the Rawerie Hospital. The hospital authorities had held out small hope for he-; recovery. Dr. Cook, medical officer *>f health for North Auckland, has expressed regret that exaggerated rumours concerning the outbreak have apparently been spread since Sunday throughout the country, and even overseas. No further cases have been reported in either the Kaikohe or Rawene districts.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19330818.2.109
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1933, Page 8
Word Count
99THIRD DEATH. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1933, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in