SMALLPOX.
ALARMING SYMPTOMS
more; deaths. Wellington, August i. The following smallpox bulletin Was issued at 5 o’clock this evening by the Health Department ;~- “The District Health Officer at Auckland, Dr Monk, reports two cases of smallpox in the Auckland Hospital District yesterday. There is a further outbreak at Waitara. Three deaths are reported here, but the news is not yet confirmed.”
A case is reported from Waikare (Kawakawa way) as typical.
Dr. Corkwell reports three cases at Wirere and eight cases at Tautoro, in the vicinity of Kaikohe. One fresh case is reported at Te Awamutu ; also one case at Tauwhare.
The District Health Officer adds that the latest accounts given by telephone and telegram certainly point to the fact that the cases are assuming the more regular symptoms of the disease.
Nothing fresh Is reported in the Wellington Health District.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1128, 2 August 1913, Page 3
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141SMALLPOX. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1128, 2 August 1913, Page 3
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