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IMPORTANT RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN AUSTRALIA CANBERRA, Wednesriay. Valuable information has been obtained, it is believed, as the result of investigations which have been carried out at Bargo in an endeavour to obtain light on the methods by which infantile paralysis infection is transmitted. These investigations have been conducted by Dr. Mackerran, of the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, who has been acting on behalf of the New South Wales Government. He was formerly an officer of the New South Wales Health Department, and his services were loaned by the Federal Government for the purpose of the investigation. It is understood that Dr. Mackerran directed his attention particularly to the aspect that certain types of insects are a direct factor in the transmission of the infection. Bargo was chosen as the scene of the investigation because it represents an instance of an isolated community in which the incidence of the disease has been unusually heavy. Dr. Mackerran has now returned to Canherra, and is working out his conclusions, which will be embodied in a report to be forwarded to the New South Wales D'irector-General of Health (Dr. Dick) within the next few days.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 164, 4 March 1932, Page 2
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195PARALYSIS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 164, 4 March 1932, Page 2
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