The Toll of Paralysis
WELLINGTON, July 5. Sixty-four cascs of poliomyelitis autl ; two deaths from tlie disoase, have - occurrcd since Deecuiber to Jioon today, iu the Central Wellington iicaltli dis- j trict which extcnds to Waikanae in the ■ north and includes the Wairarapa to|just beyond Pahiatua. The disease ' reached its highest ipcidenee in this . district last month when there were 28 eases and one death. The lirst cases in thj*present epidemic were reported in Auckland in Novcm- i ber. There were no cases in the.0entral [ Wellington district that. month. From Deccmber to the end of June there wero 01 cases and two deaths in this district.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 3
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106The Toll of Paralysis Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 3
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