SLEEPING SICKNESS
HEALTH OFFICER’S WARNING (Rec. 1.15 am.) SYDNEY, Aug. 26. A warning that an epidemic of encephalitis, otherwise sleeping sickness, might sweep Australia was issued to-day by the city health officer. Dr Graham Drew. He was commenting on a report that many cases of sleeping sickness had occurred in the United States and pointed out that it was only a matter of time when it would be spread by shipping to other parts of the world.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19410827.2.68
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 24696, 27 August 1941, Page 7
Word Count
77SLEEPING SICKNESS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24696, 27 August 1941, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in