TYPHOID MENACE.

Grey River Argus, 20 June 1927, Page 5

TYPHOID MENACE.

AUCKLAND CASES. Canadian Ravages. (Per Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, June 18. Six cases of typhoid, involving three nurses in the Whangarei District Hospital,'and. .another five cases in one Maori family in the Bay of Islands have been reported to a District Health Officer during the past week. The original of the Whangarei cases was that of a male native from the same county, but from a different locality from the Maori family which has been stricken. Before his case was recognised on Wednesday last, three nurses fell victims, on June 10th, June 13th, and June 15th. The other cases are those of a child and a young woman aged 19. The cases so far have been of a mild type. OTTAWA, June 17.

The Provincial Government, having conclusively traced the typhoid epidemic to certain dairy companies, ordered them to be closed, and took complete control, thereby stopping the spread of the disease, but not before a drastic toll was taken.

During March, April, and May, 4259 residents of Montreal were stricken, and of these one-tenth succumbed. Many thousands of dollars were also lost due to lessened tourist traffic.

Typhoid started in the first week in March, and it is claimed that there were 1912 victims during the month. The number decreased to 791 in April, with 233 deaths for the two months. There was a fresh outbreak towards the end of April, which caused 1656 new cases in May with 107 deaths. The figures for the past week averaged only ten .cases daily.