INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
TWO DEATHS IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, July 21. With the deaths to-day of two girls aged nine and 11 years respectively, infantile' paralysis claimed its fourth victim of 21 cases reported since the outbreak began. The third death occurred to-day when a child was in a respirator at the infectious diseases hospital. Another State school, making six in the affected area, was closed to-day. Theatres in the locality are ceasing matinees. Four respirators, including three hurriedly made in Melbourne for an emergency, are now in use. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 9
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87INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 9
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