SMALLPOX AT COLOMBO
DOZENS OF CASES REPORTED. PEOPLE RUSH FOIt VACCINATION. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright Calcutta, Dec. 18. • An outbreak of smallpox has caused i Colombo to be declared an infected port* There are dozens of cases, resulting in a stampede to doctors for vaccination, -.v. The cause is a mystery, but the disease is spreading toout-staticns. Stringent precautions are being taken to prevent passengers on ships in tha harbour coming into contact with ths disease.■ ri -.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1932, Page 5
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