FLEAS AND DISEASE.
DO THEY TRANSMIT? By Cable. — Press Association.—Copyrioht. (Received March 13, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 12. A medical officer of the County Council reports that 30 per centum of the girls in elementary schools, are infected with vermin, while 25 per centum of infants are affected. In fact, the flea prevalence has been observed to occur" simultaneously with an putbreak of scarlet fever, and this is regarded as an important light on the obscure problem of the transmission ©1 diseases in Britain. Increased facilities for the cleansing of infected children are [A cable message ecrlier in the week announced that the Lester Institute bad conclusively .proved that fleas infect persons with plague by means of regurgitation.]
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 31, 13 March 1914, Page 7
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118FLEAS AND DISEASE. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 31, 13 March 1914, Page 7
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