CHOLERA IN INDIA
V GRAVE EPIDEMIC ''[ (Br-'Electric-Telegraptf-€opyright) " (Auirtralian ft N:Z. ;,Cable Association), ' /■/ 2nd; Dec. ' to; the unsatisfactory jnonsobn 'andsfalhirieconditions; a.grave; cholera epideniic/' is occurring in Bengal. Re^ ported cases for the province are reaoh- , ing 6000 weekly, while the cases which ' are' Wdt' f tepprted- are probably treble that * number., The' disease ■; has been : traced in 1 '• many: instances, to Hindus bathing'in the Ganges.
. The- Government js issuing enormous .';: vaccine, and is send- ; irig Medical men' to tlie affected areas. jstated to be one; of the ; : ■ in which a ■ cholera wave usually occurs.-/.
■.■■■ Mil year in Calcutta there were 106 death's,' several.being cases of Euro-
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 December 1927, Page 4
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105CHOLERA IN INDIA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 December 1927, Page 4
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