THE PARROT DISEASE
FIVE DEATHS WITHIN FOET- , NIGHT. MINIS TEY CONSIDEES EMBAEGO. I ive deaths from psittacosis in a fortnight include that of Mrs. Eogers, 'Barking, whose sou aud daughter prei iouslv succumbed. Another sou is in is. pitai. The Eogers family bought a parrot in January. The bird has since died. Mr. Heaton, a town councillor of iuildedun. the owner of eight parrots, bed under a strong suspicion that he yes suffering fiom the disease. The Ministry of Health is investigating the illness of four domestics at a Mayfair service flat occupied by an ictress whose parrot died. The Ministry is considering placing an embargo on the importation of parrots from South America.
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Patea Mail, Volume LI, 19 February 1930, Page 2
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114THE PARROT DISEASE Patea Mail, Volume LI, 19 February 1930, Page 2
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