MEASLES EPIDEMIC.
SICKNESS IN AUCKLAND. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND', May 31. Measles, gastric influenza, and whooping cough are at present prevalent with varying incidence in the city ancl suburbs. The measles epidemic which broke out In Auckland about seven months ago was stated to-day to have continued ever since, and was as yet showing no signs of abating. Local doctors report that the disease is at present being contracted more by adults than by school children. Inquiries made in offices and factories revealed that no difficulties were arising through depletion of staffs. Commenting on the persistence of the measles epidemic, an Auckland doetor said that some people definitely contracted the disease, but showed few of the regular symptoms. They continued to go to work when they should be in isolation if the spreading of the disease was to be successfully checked. The incidence of gastric influenza appears to vary with the locality'. The trouble is reported to be particularly marked in the Epsom-Oneliunga districts, where whole families are stated to have contracted it. On the other hand, the position on the North Shore has shown a marked improvement during the last fvw weeks.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 196, 1 June 1938, Page 8
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