CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
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Outbreak at Hongkong is Spreading REFUGEES AT SINGAPORE
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(Received 24, 8.45 a.m.) HONGKONG, Aug. 24. The cholera epidemic has seriou'sly increased in the past week with 369 cases and 162 deatlie. This is nearlytwico the previous weels's total. Arrangements are being made at Singapore to accommodate Hongkong's thousands of surplus refugees from China. St. .Tolin's Island, Singapore'd quarantine station, with accommodation for 2000, is now overflowing. At present 1500 Chinese from the China cholera zone are aboard vessete in the outer harbour at Singapore awaiting entry.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 187, 25 August 1937, Page 5
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