ISLANDS NEWS
MEASLES WANING LEPROSY PATIENTS REMOVED [Pee United Press Association.J WELLINGTON, October 27. Tho correspondent of the United Press Association, writing from Rarotonga, says that Rarotonga and Aitutaki are tho only islands of the Cook
group that now have measles cases. No deaths have resulted from the epidemic. There are four cases under treatment at Rarotonga and three at Aitutaki. The total number of cases to date in the different islands is as follows Rarotonga 686, Aitutaki 51, Aitu 35, Penrhyn 114, Manihiki one. The schooner Tui Caku, under charter to the Government, left Suva recently to visit the northern islands of the Conk group and to remove persons suffering from leprosy to Makogai. From Manihiki eight persons suffering from leprosy were removed, one from Rakahanga, and 34 from Penrhyu. The schooner expects to return to Suva about the end of October.,
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Evening Star, Issue 23100, 28 October 1938, Page 7
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143ISLANDS NEWS Evening Star, Issue 23100, 28 October 1938, Page 7
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