Sleeping Sickness
Rapid Spread in England DISQUIETING STATISTICS . THREEFOLD INCREASE THIS YEAR. IBy Cabl‘d—Press Association.—Copyright.] (Received 29, 9.25 a.m.) London, April 28. The “Dailj' Mail" draws attention to the rapid spread of sleeping sickness. There were 649 fresh cases in England and Wales in the first three weeks of April, of which according to a moderate estimate 260 will die and over 300 will be incapacitated for years, perhaps for lite. Only a quarter of the victims will tie restored to health. There have been 1409 cases in 1924, which is thrice the number of the corresponding period of 1923, and sevenfold greater than in 1922. A medical specialist states that the disease makes criminals of good children and imbeciles of the intelligent. It ruing the memory and profoundly worsens the character. Though it is far worse than smallpox in its fatal effect and its terrible consequences to the survivor, the Ministry of Health is not taking as strong measures to control it as smallpox.—(Sydney “Sun” cable.) .
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 118, 29 April 1924, Page 5
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