A CASE OF LEPROSY IN CHRISTCHURCH.
JPer United Press Association.) ■'• , CHRISTCHUBCH, At a meeting of the Charitable Aid Board to-day, correspondence from Drs Clayton (the board's medical oflicer), Frengley, and Symes revealed a> terrible case. A female in the city is supposed to be suffering from leprosy. The Chairman stated that the case had been under the board's relief for some years at an annual cost of £60, but there was now a suspicion of leprosy. He had directed tho attention of the hospital authorities to the case, but admittance was refused. Drs Clayton and Symes diagnosed the case as lupoid ulceration and lupus of a very virulent form. The woman was in a terrible condition. The matter is to be laid before Dr Mason, Government health officer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11937, 10 January 1901, Page 6
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