COMBATTING GRIM MENACE.
ANTI-TYPHOID MEASURES IN FLORIDA. ' problem believed to be WELL :i.N HAND. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 21. News from West Palm Beach says that relief 'units; are working to prevent epidemics among refugees. ; ' The Official death-roll is placed at 800 lives, by- the Red Cross. The roads are almost impassably ' flooded, therefore workers are attempting to move supplies by boat to the devastated centres. - The dead are being buried hastily, und flooded marshes, are believed to hold other bodies to add to the toll. The' extraordinary measures which have been, taken 1o prevent a typhoid outbreak among the refugees are believed to be successful. Milk is being , pasteurised, water chlorinated, and a large, part of the" population' given typhoid vaccine. ■ ———— ——- i DEATH-ROLL NOW OVER A THOUSAND. /By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.,’ .'.(Received .This Day, 10.50 a.m.) . NEW YORK, Sept. 21, A-message from West Palm Beach says'that the Florida hurricane deathroll reached 1085 to-day.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 September 1928, Page 5
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