31.   But other reports gave a higher toll.

32.   But the relatives, returning from the town hospital, gave the higher toll.

33.   But it added that the higher toll was due in part to more accurate health statistics received recently.

34.   Epidemics of dysentery or diarrhoea frequently exact much higher tolls.

35.   Unconfirmed news reports put the toll higher, adding three victims in Georgia, two in Alabama and one in North Carolina.

36.   Other newspapers put the toll higher.

37.   The authorities said the higher toll released on Wednesday was based on figures from the provinces.