PUKEMIRO EPIDEMIC
NOW UNDER CONTROL {Par Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night, 'riio epidemic o.t‘ .sickness at I’ukejiiiio appears to be in hand. There were one or two more mild eases today, but the recovery of the patients lias been rapid and a. majority arc now convalescent. Precautions are be.in£ taken to prevent its spread. At least MO people have been treated by d.oet ors. No pronouncement can be made yet regarding the eaase of lhe trouble. The med.ieal superintendent of ,the Waikato Hospital, where The worst cases were sent, slates that the malady was some form of dvaeptery, but. the ex tie I nature, Ms not vet been ascertained. The eh'eetstof the illness arc so violent That it brings about exhaustion, which might have caused the dea tiis.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17502, 26 February 1931, Page 3
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