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Alarming spread at Pretoria heavy toll on natives. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Assn.) Koeeivcd October 2." 11.35 a.m. CAPETOWN, October 22. A Pretoria mooage states that the ■epidemic there is assuming alarming proportions. There is also great dis. tress in the country districts. The over-f.se of quinine and aspirin is talc, ing a toil ol the Dutch population. The military are rendering energetic assistance to the civil population. At Roberts Heights cantonments there are 1800 ci'ses, but the value of discipline and strict organisation is demonstrated by tho low death rate compared with the civilians. A Johannesburg message states that during the Inst 12 days 1000 deaths occurred .of whom 400 were whites. Th;> Blocmfontcin death* roil is over 1000, of whom whereof 100 were whites. The epidemic is making strides in the native territories, where the mortality is said to be serious.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13896, 23 October 1918, Page 5
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