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CONTINUES IN SOUTH AFRICA. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) CAPETOWN, Oct. 12. The situation as far as deaths are concerned has decidedly improved, and it is hoped that the back of the epidemic has been broken. Locally the burials yesterday were 400. The bodies of the coloured people are being removed in wapcron-loads. One hundred and fifty deaths were reported to-day. Kimberley's total deaths are now 2000. Bloomfontein reports over 2000 cases, but the results have not yet been serious. Johannesburg has opened a special hospital. Business hours have 'been curtailed and the schools closed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13889, 15 October 1918, Page 7
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