GIRLS DIE FROM DIPHTHERIA
Parents Object To Treatment
(Rec. 11 p.m.) PERTH, October 21. Two young girls whose parents are conscientious objectors to immunisation or medical treatment died from diphtheria this week. The first girl died on Monday and the second girl yesterday. A doctor who was called after the first death informed the local health authorities.
The second girl was found to be
in a serious condition and t was too far advanced for to be effective. She was rushed to hos died yesterday. A close wat« kept on two other daught
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27796, 22 October 1955, Page 9
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