An epidemic of diphtheria has broken out in Lyttelton, and five cases have been reported in three families, one being fatal. Owing to the want of an infectious diseases hospital the cases cannot be properly isolated, and anxiety is felt lest the outbreak should spread. As it is, the treatment of the cases is putting a severe tax on the local medical •men, and is also interfering with their work in other directions.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2577, 11 August 1909, Page 4
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73Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2577, 11 August 1909, Page 4
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