A DEADLY DISEASE
RAVAGES IN AMERICA. 2,000,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED. Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. NEW YORK, October 23. (Received Oct. 29, at 9.10 p.m.) Mr Rockefeller \m given 1,000,000d0l to a commission of doctors who are investigating the hookworm disease, which i> prevalent in the rural districts in Hie Southern Stairs. The disewb k similar to sleeping fickne?s. The commission stales that 2,000,000 persons of all classes are infected with the disease.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14668, 30 October 1909, Page 8
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70A DEADLY DISEASE Otago Daily Times, Issue 14668, 30 October 1909, Page 8
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