RAVAGES OF SMALLPOX
- OUTBREAK AT HONGKONG. .. HEAVY INFANT MORTALITY. pun Association—By Telegraph—Copyright VANCOUVER; January 10. Harrowing stories of the terrific ha v caused by smallpox in Hongkong are told by on the Tbkohama Maru. People are falling in the streets, the hospitals are overcrowded, and hundreds are dying daily. Since December 1 3000 people a day are being vaccinated in Hongkong, and 1500 a day in Lowloon. A distressing feature of the epidemic is the mortality among infants.—Sydney Bun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19067, 12 January 1924, Page 10
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80RAVAGES OF SMALLPOX Otago Daily Times, Issue 19067, 12 January 1924, Page 10
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