IN AUSTRALIA.
DEATH-RATE CONTINUES HEAVY
Received May 4, 5.5 p.m.
SYDNEY, May I
The Treasury Insurance Board 11.I1. issuing certificates insuring influenza workers for £500 against death.
In the past week Sydney has recorded 103 deaths and 761 cases.
MELBOURNE. May 4.
There were sixteen deaths and 78 admissions yesterday. There are now 1324 in hospitals. The total deaths are 1376, of which 199 have beea in the country.
ADELAIDE, May 4
Tyf.ere are 154 influenza cases in hospital. One death occurred yesterday.
BRISBANE, May 4. There are fifty influenza cases in hospital.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7562, 5 May 1919, Page 5
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