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Show 71—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah Page sunday, October 2, 1977 holera: Scourge ee on thes thousands who art switching to Gnanite’n better values, Cower terms and (riendbion servic Ait A HS Katt A BF a wm Among the Poor Nations of Asia (Editor's Note; The World Health Organization in Manila reports that in Asia 18,769 persons fell ‘Il with cholera Japan, were stricken but only one death Ml was reported The disease was said lo have been and that 859 died in the first seven carried by Japanese tourists who months of returned from the Philippines but this 1977, More deaths are reported daily but WHO officials say was not been confirmed they In Singapore, cannot determine whether the A outbreak is connected with the epidemic in the Middle East, Thefol lowing UPI dispatch was compiled from bureau reports across Asia and was written by UPI correspondent Fer. nando de] Mundo, whoalsointerviewed WHO authorities in Manila.) From the tiny Gilbert Islands in the Asia-Pacific region to the Indian subcontinent, people die daily of were stricken earlier this month but all Here Are Some Real Beauties That Have Just Arrived — The Cream Of Values From America’s Fine Furniture Markets. have recuperaled. The cases wereal tributed to food peddled by hawkers In mainland Malaysia, four cholera cases wereconfirmed recently and one death was reported were the states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo where five E deaths have been reported and 300 others strickenill Medical authorities say the cholera outbreak in Sabah was confined to endemicin tropical Asia, particularly Filipino Moslemrefugee camps. More fj than 90,000 Filipinos havefled to Sabah a problems. to escape thesecessionist revolt in the southern Philippines The refugeeslive in crowded camps a A UPI survey showed the diseaseis in poorer countries with sanitation The regional headquarters in Manila of the World Health Organization § in a studythat in the first seven months of this year, 859 personsdied of cholera and 19,769 have fallenill in Asia Indonesia leads the WHOlist with 10,535 reported cases and 513 deaths. india recorded 291 deaths from along the coastline. Authorities been reported from tribal dwellings. Four deaths were recorded since the i outbreak in April. Tent villages have i been declared as infected andvisits to were recorded in India in August, going on pilgrimages to Mecca were bringing thetotal so far this year to 408 The WHO reportdoesnotinclude the cholera epidemic which so far has claimed 480 lives and stricken 6,000 persons in Bangladesh. WHO specialists are unable to say if there are links between cholera cases in Asia and the epidemic raging in the Middle East said a WHO spokesman. ‘There is no way of know- ing if what we haveherein Asiais tied in with cases reported in Saudi Arabia.” A WHO study says cholera has a characteristic seasonal pattern. The season varies from placetoplace, these areas are prohibited, Moslems given double dosages of anticholera i vaccine. In the Philippines, eight cholera i season follows the monsoon. The disease disappears during the hot, dry months. By contrast, in India’s Calcutta the cholera season rises to its peak during thedry at Tt ends with the onset of the monsoons The spread of the disease by one person to another is rare, the study said. Because of this, the spokesman said it is hard to say whether the cur- rent Middle East scourge has anything to do with Asian pilgrimsvisiting Mecca ‘Bad environmental sanitation, par- ticularly a lack of adequate supplies of fresh waterfor personal uses, seems to be the fundamentalfactorin the spread of cholera,” the study said In most cases, the disease is transmitted by contaminated ft and water. Cholera also thrives in saline areas in places near the sea The most common formof treatment is mass innoculation and chlorination of water sources. In areas where sanitation facilities are inadequate, the mortality rate is high. Indonesia has been adopting measures to improve health facilities and this hasresulted in a sharp decline in cholera cases so far this year Last year, 1,170 cholera deaths were 17,122 others were stricken in Indonesia: The UPI survey shows that in the more affluent nations of Asia such as Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, cholera outbreaks are far fewer Japanhadits first mass outbreak of cholera in three decades last July About 90 residents in Arida, central RICH VELVET-LIKE Acrylic Upholstery deaths were reported in the mountain province of Benguet, where the famous i tourist resort of Baguio is located. Sixty-seven others were hospitalized i early this month Filipino authorities Delievery Is Free! said the deaths i were caused byinfected water buffalo meat eaten by the victims i Reports reaching the Pacific Trust ff Territory headquarters in Saipan said i 147 persons have been stricken in the i Gilbert Islands. Twelve persons from among theislands’ population of 60,000 i havedied In Dacca, Bangladesh, the cholera TRADITIONAL STYLING With Orlon Cover say so far this year, 150 refugees have conh 150 cholera cases have Januaryto July this year. The UPI sur- vey showed 117 more cholera deaths recorded and HAIRS four elderly persons cholera “It's a puzzle,’ furniture company The worst affectedareas in Malaysia jj By FERNANUO DEL MUNDO MANILA, The Philippines (UPI) i Officials in the Gilberts report the cholera outbreak was caused by con i taminated drinking water i \_ AMERICAN ) TRADITIONAL STYLING With Tweed Cover Authorities in the Pacific Trust Territory monitor Air Nauruflights enter- J ing Majuro and Ponape from the Gilberts. They said passengers from f the Gilberts are ordered held until i cleared by U.S. medical authorities Authorities in Guam also are monitoring the Air Nauru flights for i SAN WithVel possible cholera carriers. Even crew i members are being observed since i Guam is a crew-changestation for Air fj | Nauro i The Bangladesh government said the 480 deaths recorded in the country over the past four weeks were the highest since 1974 when more than 400 deaths were reported in Bangladesh has beenhit by the . CENTER In Nepal, 122 cholera cases were Wl treated this month in a hospital in §j Dharan, site of a recruitment camp for I the famed Gurkha soldiers 72 miles 1 temperature in Celsius as well as Fahrenheit. Some road signs post dis tances in kilometers as well as miles That sort of thing The big argument for scuttling our present weights and measures (the foot, cubit, butt, firkin, ete.) is that mostof them began as approximations The cubit. 2s you may know, east of Katmandu The outbreak was believed caused by finish. They let decks, turn tables, and speakers on you this sturdy entertainment center with your space. and restaurants in i core construction. 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