INCREASE IN SYDNEY
CASES OF DIPHTHERIA
SYDNEY, December 21
Diphtheria cases have increased in Sydney in the last few weeks, and today the metropolitan health officer, Dr. Graham Drew, gave warning of an epidemic next year. "It will rage among our children like a forest fire," said Dr. Drew.
Other doctors said they regarded the situation as most serious. Fifty-four cases of diphtheria have been taken to hospital this month, and one case has been fatal. The total for the year is about 600 cases.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 150, 22 December 1945, Page 7
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