FIFTH CHRISTCHURCH CASE
P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, May 24. Another positive case of infantile paralysis—the fifth in Christchurch since the outbreak began—was notified to the Department of Health to-day. The patient, a nine-year-old boy living at New Brighton, was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital as a suspected case on Saturday. The last positive case in Christchurch, a girl aged 17, was reported on May 6, and before that the last case was on January 20.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26780, 25 May 1948, Page 6
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