BELGIAN DEATHRATE
LONDON, Aug. 6
Reuter’s Brussels correspondent says a deathrato of 25 per ent. among 800 eases of infantile paralysis has been reported to the authorities. It is officially estimated that only onethird of ‘the total cases have been reported. Four iron lungs are being flown from America to help to fight the epidemic.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 212, 7 August 1945, Page 5
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