MEASLES EPIDEMIC
POSITION IN AUCKLAND
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 5. A record number of cases of measles, 130 among 8767 employees of eight city firms, was revealed in returns supplied to the Health Department in Auckland today. It was emphasised, however, that the number, although a record, represented an increase of only three cases over last Monday's figures, the percentage this week being 3.37 and last week 3.35. The total today was the highest ♦ since the Department began keeping a record early in July. Two deaths were reported.during the week as the result of complications following measles.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 58, 6 September 1938, Page 8
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