Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wednesday 26 February 1896, page 5


THE TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.

OVERCROWDING THE MELBOURNE

HOSPITAL.

The epidemic of typhoid fever, which is worse this year than it has been for four years post, is giving the committee of the Melbourne Hospital serious court on, because they have the record number of 61 cases in their wards now and have had to turn away about a dozen during the past fortnight

Quite as many) other cases have had to be realised during the same period owing to the inability of this committee to find the localsur) Tula The medical superintendent, Dr C H Molloy, reported the state of the house at the meeting of the com mitta o yesterday, and mile attention to the excessive number of Uphold patient's 'life commute! diseased the matter sentiment), but did not take any definite act on, lulu

ing that the unlimited mi issues of the Alfred Hospital to w> more room for Uphold cases for March I would, IF comes out relime the pressure on the, space of the Melbourne Hospital