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From: "oap" <>
Subject: RE: [NZ] TB OUTBREAK
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:34:03 +1200
In-Reply-To: 210237155


There was a Sanitorium at Pukeora on top of the hill on the main
Waipukurau - Takapau rd.
Opened in 1919. I think it was closed in the 50s but not sure about that
date

Bev M
Whitianga

-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, 4 April 2005 12:55
To:
Subject: [NZ] TB OUTBREAK


Paddy,



I know there was a serious and widespread outbreak of TB in the Wellington
area around the time of WW2. My mother was one of the victims, she was sent
to a sanatorium in the Cashmere Hills of Christchurch. Many of her friends
died there. The source was found to be a cook at one of the major hotels in
Wellington. He was a carrier of the disease.

I suspect it was fairly widespread in other parts of the world, hence the
development of the vaccination.



Carolyn



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