MENACE TO HEALTH.
—i TRAVELLING DIPHTHERIA PATIENT By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. The Hospital Board to-day resolved t* prosecute a young woman for travelling by rail when suffering from diphtheria. Two doctors, members of the Board, said this was a very serious matter, as the consequences had proved. The young woman did not know she was ill and a source of infection. Before the resolution was -passed it was stated that a penalty was not to be asked for, but aa a means, of warning others a prosecution should be instituted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 308, 21 May 1913, Page 5
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92MENACE TO HEALTH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 308, 21 May 1913, Page 5
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