CHOLERA WAVE.
BENGAL EPIDEMIC. A GRAVE POSITION. (3T CABU—PRt?S ASSOCIATION—COPIBIOBT.) (At'STEALIA* A\D 5.3. CABLI ASSOCIATION.) CALCUTTA, December 2. Because of the unsatisfactory monsoon and the famine conditions, a grave cholera epidemic in Bengal is reported. The cases for the province total 0000 weekly, and the cases not reported are probably treble that number. The disease lias be-on traced in many instances to Hindus bathing: in the Ganges.^ The Government is issuing enormous quantities of free vaccine, and is sending medical men to the affected area. This year is stated to be one of a cycle in which a cholera wave occurs. Last week in Calcutta the deaths totalled 106. Several cases are reported among Europeans.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19175, 5 December 1927, Page 5
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115CHOLERA WAVE. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19175, 5 December 1927, Page 5
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