Nelson's Growing Total Of Polio Cases
NELSON, March 15. The Nelson district's twenty-second ease of poliomyelitis was reported today. The victim is a 33-vear-old man from Murchison. Ten cases have been reported in the past fortnight, chieflv from the country districts of Richmond and Brightwater. A case of suspected polio, a boy aged eight, from Ashburton boroiigh, which was admitted to hospital on Saturday, has since been proved positive.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 March 1949, Page 6
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69Nelson's Growing Total Of Polio Cases Chronicle (Levin), 16 March 1949, Page 6
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