OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE
ENGLAND AND CONTINENT.
problem for doctors.
(Received August 18, 1.5 a.m.)
United Service. LONDON i Aug. 17. While doctors in England are still trying to trace the source of the epidemic of paratyphoid fever, extensive outbreaks of a febrile nature are also reported from Greece and Belgium. Hundreds of thousands of persons are stated to be ill in Greece. The sufferers in Belgium are believed to have been infected by poison in their food, in a similar fashion to the stricken London policemen. Some persons blame the new laws which prohibit the extensive use of preservatives in food. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20028, 18 August 1928, Page 11
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101OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20028, 18 August 1928, Page 11
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