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In 1900 James Malcolm Mason (left) and John Anderson Gilruth were appointed health commissioners to investigate an outbreak of bubonic plague in Auckland; their report led to the establishment of the Department of Public Health.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Miriam D. Duncan Collection (PAColl-0022)
Reference: PAColl-0022-001
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