INFECTIOUS DISEASES
OUTBREAK IN SOUTH AFRICA. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 14. The Minister of Public Health has received a cable from South Africa stating that during the week ended August 9 there were 2468 cases of influenza and 129 deaths. It was stated also that there had been 14 deaths from smallpox and 20 from typhus, the last-named sickness being in inland districts. The Minister said to-day that the Acting Chief Health Officer had been instructed to take the matter in hand and a careful watch would be kept against the importation of infection of those diseases in New Zealand. He would ascertain what vessels were cn route or likely to come from South Africa to New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19190815.2.34
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 18617, 15 August 1919, Page 5
Word Count
120INFECTIOUS DISEASES Southland Times, Issue 18617, 15 August 1919, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in