Typhoid camp
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Typhoid camp
These modest tents were the only facilities for treating a typhoid outbreak in Te Urewera in 1924. Typhoid fever was always a threat in remote localities that lacked reliable means for separating water supply and human waste.
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Alexander Turnbull Library , Sister Annie Henry Collection (PAColl-6098)
Reference: 1/2-030884
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