TWELFTH DEATH
POLIOMYELITIS IN AUCKLAND P.A AUCKLAND, Aug. 17. The twelfth death from infantile paralysis in the Central Auckland health district since the outbreak has occurred in the Auckland Hospital. The victim is a man aged 24, who was admitted from Epsom on Sunday. He had been in an “ iron lung ” since entering hospital. A new positive case reported in Auckland is a 22-year-old man from Epsom who was admitted on Sunday. On another diagnosis, five patients have been discharged from hospital, and the number of cases now in the Auckland Hospital is 46 positive and one suspect. The Health Department advises that the Otahuhu Primary School will reopen to-morrow. It was closed on August 9.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26853, 18 August 1948, Page 4
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