THE EPIDEMIC.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 172, 4 May 1937, Page 4

THE EPIDEMIC.

CASES AT CHRISTCHURCH (Per Press Association..CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Up to yesterday four new cases of infantile paralysis had been notified during the week-end to the Healtli Department at Christchurch. One death was notified. Three new cases were reported on Sunday and yesterday morning—a boy aged six months, living in Spreydon, a boy of eight years, of Spreydon, and a girl of four years, living at St. Andrews, in the Waimate County. A suspected case reported from Temuka last week has now been diagnosed as negative. SECOND CASE IN NELSON NELSON, May 3.

A second positive case of infantile paralysis lias been admitted to the Nelson Hospital. The patient is a man aged 21 from Owens River, a remote district 50 miles from Nelson, where the first case was reported on Friday.

THIRTY CASES IN WAIKATO.

HAMILTON, May 3

Five cases of infantile paralysis were admitted to hospital at the week-end, bringing the total to 30 for Waikato.

MORE PATIENTS AT WELLINGTON

WELLINGTON, May 3

Three positive cases of infantile paralysis were reported at Wellington to-day. They are a boy aged nine, from Lyalf Bay, a boy aged 13 from Taranaki Street, and a boy aged eight from Miramar.