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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1955Vol. XXVI, No.4

POLIOMYELITIS cases, j including

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Fatal Polio Case At Suva Hospital

one death, were causing concern in Fiji in Oct.-Nov, By November 2, nine cases had been reported, six of them in the Suva area.

The seventh case to be admitted to hospital at Suva was Mrs. Netta Tickle, aged 28, wife of Corporal Harry Tickle, RNZAF, Laucala Bay.

Mrs. Tickle, the mother of a young child, died on October 19. t The people of Gardner Island, Phoenix Group, have built a 1,800 ft. bridge across the lagoon entrance to connect two islands.