OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID.
< (BY TELEGRAM —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) a ji i Pit Dunotfln, May 13. -An oufcbrak of typhoid fever is reported from Alexandra. South. Up to-.last Saturday two cases \w«ro recorded.: On Monday wore patients wero sent to - Dunedin Hospital.- Smco,then,'three*further cases nave been reported, while 'a number of other residonts are laid up: with'influenza. At Olyde, also, a case of diphtheria lias occurred, and a'Similar case at" Earnscleugh. In consequence of the spread of. typhoidj the Alexandra .iiprough Council held; a special meeting; yesterday,''.when somo" plain' . .speakina was. indulged in about the; attitude of the Health pepartmnt." ''It. was decided to telegraph io. the . Health: Officer at Dunodin, ' ask;ing . that stringent . steps 1 , be / immediately taken to .investigate the cause , of the outbreak. iho sale of disinfectants is brisk. : and premises, in , Alexandra :are undorgoini* a thorough cleansing.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 7
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139OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 7
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