INFLUENZA.
IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z Cable Assn.
SYDNEY, May 31. After steadily decreasing to low limits, influenza during tho past- few days lias shown an increasing tendency. Yesterday tho metropolitan cases numLcred five new cases. There were 72 in South Australia. Numbers of country districts have become infected. In xldelaide there are a considerable number of new cases. ' A few deaths are reported in Queensland. The deaths so far are about ninety. Influenza maintains a strong hold iu Brisbane, where there are many new cases. Public services and "business generally are suffering materially, and tho royal agricultural sbow has been abandoned. In Victoria the epidemic maintains about the average of recent weeks. Of 27 deaths yesterday, sixteen were in country areas.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 1682, 2 June 1919, Page 7
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