SPREAD OF DISEASE
DANGER IN AIR TRAVEL DUTCHMAN’S FATE. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SINGAPORE, April 9. (Received April 10, at 10.30 a.m.) The danger caused by the spread of disease by air was made evident when M. Van Haselen, a high Dutch Airways official, died of cholera near Singapore. M. Van Haselen came by air from The Hague and stayed three days at Bangkok, where the epidemic is now abating. However, at one time hundreds were dying every week. The Dutchman travelled by plane to Penang, where he joined a boat. He became ill, and was dead in five hours. The ship was quarantined at Singapore, and an aeroplane took the passengers to Java.
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Evening Star, Issue 22619, 10 April 1937, Page 17
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114SPREAD OF DISEASE Evening Star, Issue 22619, 10 April 1937, Page 17
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