Fatal Cases Of Paralysis Number 39
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WELLINGTON, Sept. 1. Since the first case of poliomyeIitis was reported at the end _ of November there has been a Dominion total of 745 positive cases, of which the Auckland health district had 223 and Wellington 122. There were 77 cases last month, of which Wellington had 31. The total deaths .from the epidemic have been 39, of which Wellington had one. Three fresh cases were reported in the Wellington district today, a boy and girl each aged two from Lower Hutt, and a boy of eight from the city. Four new cases' were reported in the Wellington district yesterday. They were a woman aged 25 from Lower Hutt, a girl aged 64 from Plimmerton, a girl aged 8 from Lower Hutt and a girl aged 6 from Wellington.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 September 1948, Page 5
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139Fatal Cases Of Paralysis Number 39 Chronicle (Levin), 1 September 1948, Page 5
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