FATAL MALADY CAUSED BY LACK OF FOOD.
AMSTERDAM. July 13. Tho illness frorii: which thousands of persons in German- industrial dmUictß are suffering, and which, ha* been described a.s Spanish ih_luuni_a, is really an illness due to Hunger-and consequent exhaustion, the Ijelegraaf soys it has learned. In various industrial towns tho newspaper reports, many deaths are occurring and thej hospitals' are full of patients suffering J with th •!« malady. Tho German potati. ration has 4_een induced to between.^ t.ne and one-half to two kilograms pe^rtveek pej* person, and the new i>otato cmg has not yet been distributed. As the result of tliat situation, it is stated, various bi'ahchej. of German industry fare being Considerably hampered in their work.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14688, 21 August 1918, Page 7
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118FATAL MALADY CAUSED BY LACK OF FOOD. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14688, 21 August 1918, Page 7
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