DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK
TOWNSHIP OF POKENO
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, 18th May
An outbreak of diphtheria , has occurred at Pokcno. Nine people, the majority, of them children, have contracted the disease. Six have been brought to Auckland Hospital.
Officers of the Health Department who visited Pokcno say (lie epidemic, commenced at a gathering of children held in tho township just before tho school'holidays began. Practically all the children in the district attended the function.
Only two families arc affected,
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 19 May 1930, Page 13
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78DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 19 May 1930, Page 13
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