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FURTHER CASE AT NEW ’ PLYMOUTH <p.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, March 21. ’ A girl aged eight yeaps who was admitted to the New' Plymouth Hospital. pas been diagnosed as a pps|tiyp case of poliomyelitis, she had ju§t returned frqm a toMay Of : topte weeks in qpqther district. No. further restrictions have been imposed as a result. The case is the t|yenty-fourtp in the Taranaki health district since November 2, of which two have been fatal. POSITIVE CASE AT AUCKLAND IRA.) AUCKLAND, March 21. ' One case of infantile paralysis was reported in the - central Auckland health district during the The patient was a child aged six,’from the Waiuku district, who was admitted to the Auckland Hospital as p op Friday. ' ‘ ’ One suspected case, an adffit frqm Takanini. wa s admitted to the hospital during the week-end. There W£ re positive and two suspected cases in the ppspital to-night. • '
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25449, 22 March 1948, Page 6
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