ARMOURY OF DISEASE.
PERILS OF PAPER MONEY. London, March 23. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the considered verdict of eminent bacteriologists fe that paper money is a potential armoury of disease, more deadly than batteries of machineguns. The bacteriologists have carefully analysed a number of French notes. On a half-franc note 90,000,000 bacilli were discovered, and a franc note harbored 236,000,000. Among the active colonies revealed were those of colon bacilli, pneumococci, endococci, and staphylococci. It is expected that fqrther examinations will dis'cloee the presence of tuberculosis bac-
[Referring to the above cablegram, the acting-secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury, Mr. C. J. Cerutty, said that no danger of infection from bank notes was expected in Australia. During the war period the number of bank notes was largely increased, and a staff of girls was constantly employed sorting and withdrawing from circulation dirty and battered notes. None of these girls had been affected.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1921, Page 7
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155ARMOURY OF DISEASE. Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1921, Page 7
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