Gastro kills 26
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An outbreak of gastro-enteritis which began slowly in the Rabaul area of New Guinea in February had resulted in the deaths of 26 babies by the end of April. The deaths occurred from about 210 native children admitted to hos pital; doctors said that never be fore in that area had they ex perienced an epidemic with such a high mortality rate. All the babies were less than 12 months old.
By the end of April it ap peared that the epidemic had weakened.