STRICKEN BY DROUGHT
THE AMERICAN VISITATION TYPHOID FEVER INCREASING WASHINGTON, July 29. The rapid increase in typhoid fever cases in the drought area has caused grave concern among officials of the Federal Health Service. OfficiaL report-; from the region estimated that there were 1128 new cases in the past eight weeks, an increase of 200 over the same period in 1933. Although the authorities emphasised that the' spread had not reached the form of an epidemic, orders have been issued to examine all sources of. water supplv. The drought continues unabated, the week-end bringing only a few scattered showers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22328, 31 July 1934, Page 9
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99STRICKEN BY DROUGHT Otago Daily Times, Issue 22328, 31 July 1934, Page 9
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