TEN DEATHS
CHOLERA IN CALCUTTA RESULT OF SCAVENGERS’ STRIKE. CASTE LAWS SET ASIDE. Ry Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 12.45 p.m.) CALCUTTA. March 31. Ten deaths from cholera have occurred as a result of the scavengers’ strike. Disregarding the religious laws forbidding high castes to defile themselves by sweeping refuse, citizens are organising a cleansing service which it is feared will be inadequate to check the e p i d em i c.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1940, Page 6
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73TEN DEATHS Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1940, Page 6
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