MEASLES EPIDEMIC
CONDITIONS IN AUCKLAND. RECORD NUMBER OF CASES. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 5. A record number of cases of measles, 130 among 3767 employees of -eight city firms, was revealed in returns supplied to the Health Department in Aucklaind, today. It was emphasised, however, that the number, although a record, represented an increase of only three cases over last Monday’s figures, the percentage this week being 3.37, and last week 3.35. The total today was the highest since the department began keeping a record early in July. Two deaths were reported during the week as the result of complications following measles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1938, Page 2
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104MEASLES EPIDEMIC Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1938, Page 2
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