INFANTILE PARALYSIS
MILD CASE AT DUNEDIN By Telegraph —Presp Association DUNEDIN. October 5. A case of infantile paralysis of a mild nature has been reported in Dunedin, the first of its kind since the epidemic of last summer. The victim is a 13 year old girl from the Kaikorai district, and the case has been diagnosed as positive with slight muscular paralysis in both legs.
Dr. T. McKibbin, District Officer of Health, emphasises that an isolated case of this kind should afford no cause for alarm.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20851, 6 October 1937, Page 6
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86INFANTILE PARALYSIS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20851, 6 October 1937, Page 6
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