INFLUENZA OUTBREAK.
PREVALENT ON VESSELS. Christchurch, Aug. 17. Notwithstanding that the Director of Health has reported thar no death has occurred on the ferry boats, the fact remains that on Friday, August 5, a fireman died in the Christchurch Hospital, and the certificate of death stated that he died from influenza. A large number of sailors have been paid off in Lyttelton during tho last three weeks, with medical certificates stating that they are suffering from influenza. Yesterday an engineer of the Mararoa and a fireman were taken off tho vessel at Wellington, while this morning the second officer was confined to his room, and was to be taken off also. All are suffering from high temperatures. During the last week an average of one fireman a day has been taken off tho Mararoa suffering from influenza. The ferry boats soeni to be the worst, but other vessels are also partly effected.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 201, 18 August 1921, Page 5
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152INFLUENZA OUTBREAK. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 201, 18 August 1921, Page 5
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