TRAGEDY OF DIPHTHERIA
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By Telegrayh—
AUCKLAND, June 26. ' ' A great tragedy,-' ' is the clescription given to deaths of children in Auckland from diphtheria "by Dr. j. Lgefton Uaughey, in an address to the Auckland Junior Chamher of Commerce. Dr. Caughey is one of the B.M.A. committee of four which, in conjunction with the Health Department, is conducting an anti-diph-theria campaign. He states that from 1940 to 1944 there were 856 cases of diphtheria in Auckland with ' 34 deaths and it was notahle that this year the figures were higher than ever. The deaths had all heen of \ children between one and seven years , of age. This was a great tragedy and more tragic wheh it was realised that the -cases and deaths could have heen avoided had all the children of the city heen effectively immunised.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 June 1946, Page 8
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