DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK.
18 CASES AT THAMES. ATTRIBUTED TO FAULTY DRAINS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) THAMES, Monday. An epidemic of diphtheria is threatened by the suspected presence at the Central School of "a carrier.” Eighteen children have been sent to the hospital. Parents generally attribute the outbreak to the many unhealthy open drains and insanitary drainage in various parts of Ihe borough.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16816, 7 June 1926, Page 5
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60DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK. Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16816, 7 June 1926, Page 5
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