THE EPIDEMIC.
HEAVY DEATH RATE IN LONDON. . (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association? (Received Feb. 27, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON. Feb. 25. Influenza deaths m London last week totalled 651, compared with 100 a fort- ' night ago.
i (Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) MELBOURNE, February 26. j Six deatlis from inii.ft.nza are reported. I The Argus accuses the Board of Health ' of ignorance of the number of influenza cases, _ or else half the number of cases are withheld from the -public. ! (Received Feb. 10.40 a.m.) j ; MELBOURNE, Feb. 27. There are aditional deaths from ' influenza, making yesterday's total seven. At a meeting of the Board of Health one member stated that m normal times the deaths reported would not be classed as influenza. Fully seventyfive per cent of the cases now rushed to the hospital were only ordinary colds, which cauld have been "treated at home. The Minister of Works stated that oven if the epidemic stopped now the cast to the State would be £250,000. SYDNEY, February 26. - Steamers trading to Tasmanian ports are now qnarautined^sovcu days at Sydney instead of undergoing quarantine m Tasmania.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 5
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