Typhoid epidemic at Manyani camp
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- Imperial reckoning - the untold story of Britains Gulag in whole source · open book
When the first cases of typhoid appeared in May 1954, Governor Baring denied publicly the incidence of the disease
chapter: The Birth of Britain’s Gulag
- Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire whole source · open book
By the end of the year a total of 1151 typhoid cases had been reported at Manyani, of which 115 proved fatal.
chapter: 7 Crimes of Punishment: Law and Disorder in Kikuyuland