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MONTPELLIER DEADLY INFLUENZA SUDDEN SEIZURES IN BRUS- . SEES STREETS SIX HUNDRED CASES IN GENEVA (United Assn.—Copyright.) (Received Jan. 6, 8.35 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 6. The influenza epidemic is so drastic in Montpellier that bodies are burned without coffins, the supply of which is inadequate. At Bordeaux the deaths average forty daily. The whole town of Wiesenthal in South Baden is crippled owing to the infection. Medical authorities in Madrid declare that the outlook is traceable to Christmas festivities and the consequent kissing and handshaking. In Brussels, the epidemic has assumed an alarming character. The disease takes the form of seizures in the street, the victims having difficulty in breathing. It is practically impossible to obtain medical assistance.
There are six hundred hospital cases in Geneva, where the authorities turned military barracks into emergency hospitals. Half the 'staff of the League of Nations secretariat is stricken, and the -re-opening of schools arid the university is postponed indefinitely.— A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10299, 7 January 1927, Page 5
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164NO COFFINS Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10299, 7 January 1927, Page 5
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