INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) MELBOURNE, Feb. 13. Nine deaths were reported to-day. All licensed premises *vere closed today. , ■ ' The superintendent of 11; e Melbourne Hospital states that the epidemic shows no signs of abatement. He considers that the Board of Health's figures of the death rate areJjnaccurate during the past five days'*! I**'There1 ** 'There l irv ~ e been 150 deaths, which is six times the rate the Board estimate. MELBOURNE, Feb. 14. Nineteen deaths from influenza are reported, making the total 283. SYDNEY, Feb. 13. Cabinet have- decided to modify the mask regulations, permitting discarding in open spaces where no. crowds are congregating. ' Cabinet are also allowing open-air church services and meetings, but other restrictions are unchanged. (Received Feb. 14, 9.45 a.m.) • . . SYDNEY, Feb. 14. Two more deaths from influenza have occurred. In : order to protect Queensland the Government refused to issue railway tickets to passengers beyond Glen Innes.. unless a declaration wasi signed that the passenger was not going- to Queensland.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14837, 14 February 1919, Page 5
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165INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14837, 14 February 1919, Page 5
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