INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10349, 12 March 1925, Page 3

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

THREE CANTERBURY CASES. TWO PROVED POSITIVE. CHRISTCHURCH, March 11. There were no new cases of infantile paralysis in the city or suburbs during the 24 hours ended at 10.30 to-night. Two cases were notified to Dr. .Lelioid from South Canterbury and one from Darfield. The particulars are:

Girl, 16 years, Grey ltoad, Timaru. Positive case. _ ~ Girl, seven years, Pareora, feoutli Canterbury. Positive case. Girl, seven years, Darfield. -Not diagnosed.

The girl, age not stated, from Colombo Street, St. Albans, who was included in the previous day’s notifications, has proved to be a negative case, and she lia9 been discharged from the hospital. Tim boy, 4§ years, from Balfour Street, City, is still indefinite. The total number of notifications to date is 180, of which 125 have proved positive cases, 53 negative, and two are not yet diagnosed. Dr. Telford .stated that the weather conditions during the present epidemic were not similar to those during the previous outbreak he had dealt with in the summer of 1920. There was no similarity between the conditions prevailing in the localities in which the disease was most prevalent in the present outbreak. . In reply to another question whether the exposure of children to the heat of the sun had been found to have any connection with the spread of the disease, Dr. Telford stated that he did not think the sun had any effect whatever. r riic opinion wns supported by the fact that the disease was not found in tropical countries, where children were exposed to the sun all dnv long.

QUARANTINED FAMILIES.

MEETING CASES OF HARDSHIP

CHRISTCHURCH, March 10.

Reasonable maintenance expenses during the period of isolation in the ease of breadwinners in poor circumstances quarantined by instructions of the Medical Officer of Health will be paid by the Health Department, according to a letter received from bn* Maui Pomare, Minister of Health, by the Canterbury Trades and Labour inister stated that the policy of the Health Department had been to impose isolation on a breadwinner only when his or her daily occupation meant dose contact with children, such as the selling of foodstuffs or similar circumstances. Isolation in the majority of cases did not amount to more than a fortnight.

DOMINION FIGURES. WELLINGTON, March 11. Vine notifications of infantile paralysis were received for the Dominion during the 24 hours up to 9 a.m. to-day. There were two cases each at Wanganui and Timaru, and one each at Gisborne, Dannevirke, Masterton, Kanonga and Paeroa. . 1 Two deaths from infantile paralysis were notified at Auckland yesterday, one at South Auckland and one in the Auckland Hospital.

DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT.H

THE QUESTION OF CONTROL.

A COMMERCIAL PLEBISCITE.

(Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON March 11. A circular telegram addressed to all Chambers of Commerce m New Zealand by the secretary of the Assoicated Chambers sought their opimonon The question of control of dairy export. Ihe telegram suggested that the transfer of business to less experienced nanus would probably militate against the interests of the producers and consemiently of the country. The balance S opinion elicited is ovcrwhelnung anainsb absolute control, and. that from some chambers situated m. the centre of dairying districts. Jheie a twelve of them straight out against the proposal. Most of these point to what P tC suggest i B . the danger of Government by Order-in-Council. One chamber m a North lsianu dairying centre endorses control One chamber confesses that its members are divided on the subject. Five have vet to consider the matter. One admits that it has no information °Mo“e° opS !TeM’ W GovSt.enI y grants an Order-in-Council.

PROTEST NOT SUPPORTED. TAUMARUNUI, March 11. The Chamber of Ow;-- + lot l orv S cEnber against the action of Die Dairy Control Board, regarding the tnc ud y nroduce overseas as a sft industries to decide.