MEASLES EPIDEMIC
CASES SHOW INCREASE IN AUCKLAND [ Fer Press Association. I AUCKLAND, Aug. 29. A slight increase in the number of cases of measles in Auckland city is shown in figures obtained from the Department of Health. The figures, which are supplied to the department from eight leading business houses in the city, reveal that there were 127 cases out of a total number of employees of 3787. The number of cases last week was 105. In the city two deaths occurred during the week from complications following measles. Reports from district nurses show that cases are still occurring in the country districts. There has been one death in the Thames hospital from pneumonia following measles.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 204, 30 August 1938, Page 8
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116MEASLES EPIDEMIC Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 204, 30 August 1938, Page 8
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