TRENCH MOUTH.
EPIDEMIC IN NEW JERSEY. THOUSANDS AFFECTED. AFTERMATH OF THE WAR. (Received December 20, 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 19. A message from Trenton (New Jersey) states that an epidemic of trench mouth, or Vincent's disease, has affected several thousand persons there, and is rapidly spreading to a point where dcnlisls and physicians arc having difficulty in controlling it. The malady is traceable to the World War. It has been transmitted from person to person, and lias also appeared in nearby towns, particularly the Skillman Village, which is populated by epileptics and is a State institution. The disease lias become so prevalent there that the State has called in an extra staff of physicians in an effort lo stamp it out.
The doctors declare that the disease is rare in the United States. It was brought here first by the American lorces in France.
The State Health Department _ is launching a preventative campaign, and is asking the people to stop kissing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16983, 20 December 1926, Page 7
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