“MOUSE DISEASE.”
CHILDREN AFFECTED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY, May 20. Coincident with a mice plague in the wheat areas of the R-iverina district, a disease has become prevalent among children. It is known locally as mouse disease. The city health officer states that it is scientifically known as Yavons, and is due to a fungus which affects the hair follicles causing sores on the body. Cats and mice.are both spreaders of the disease.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 21 May 1925, Page 5
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