A SURPRISING MYSTERY
DEATHS OF SEAMEN.
AFTER RETIREMENT TO SHORE
(Received Saturday, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, Friday,
The “Lancet” reveals a surprising mystery of the sea in that 622 out of every 1000 seamen die within a year of their retiiement to shore, and over half die within six months. The principal cause of the deaths is pneumonia and tuberculosis.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 August 1933, Page 5
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