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Article : 296 wordsAccording to the latest reports to night, six new cases of pneumonic-influenza have occurred in Sydney. Two who were under surveillance in their ...
Article : 684 wordsDevelopments this morning convinced the Victorian health authorities that the influenza epidemic in Melbourne was more serious than they had believed the ...
Article : 611 wordsThe Commissioner of Health has arranged to stop the Great Western express due to-morrow morning, and place the passengers in quarantine for seven ...
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Article : 317 wordsThe Howard Smith steamer Bombala was to have sailed for Melbourne last night, but was held up at the last moment owing to the demands of the crew. ...
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Article : 171 wordsThe Mayor (Alderman G. Shields) and the chairman of the Health Committee (Alderman Stor[?]er) this afternoon visited the isolation hospital at ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 30 Jan 1919, Page 5
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