Measles Epidemic On Migrant Ship
MELBOURNE, Mon. (1 p.m.)— A measles epidemic is still raging aboard the Scandinavian migrant ship Anna Salen, now in Melbourne. Three children died on the voyage from Naples and two more in hospital at Perth, where 78 sick children were landed last week.
Three of these are still on the danger list. The ship has been placed in quarantine.
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Northern Advocate, 31 October 1949, Page 5
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