INFECTED SHELLFISH
HEALTH OFFICER’S WARNING
The danger of eating shellfish taken tom any areas In the harbour likely be polluted with sewage was commented upon today hy Dr. T. J. Hughes, jnedical officer of health, in referring a case of typhoid from Kohimaramu. 'he sufferer, a Maori, was at first believed to have contracted the fever iJybyßh eating shellfish taken from the aonimarama Wharf hut inquiries Showed that four other persons who t . so a te the fish were not infected, and ~ e authorities consider it more likely the infection came from u “carrier.” d. Rushes, however, warned reslwnts against consuming mussels or upis likely to be affected by sewage.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 986, 31 May 1930, Page 1
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110INFECTED SHELLFISH Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 986, 31 May 1930, Page 1
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