INFLUENZA.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 283, 28 November 1919, Page 10

INFLUENZA.

■ S " ifl. SLIGHT KECR-JDESCn&NCE. OF SEVERE "TYPE. XO GA.ESE FOE -AT.-R**.f. fßy Telegraph—Press .issodation.) -VEl_l<l_-rC_rO_l', Thursday. Ir.terviewed in regard to influenza in tlie Dominion- Dr. __- H. Makgill, actingchief health officer, stated that there was B slight recrudescence of influenza of the 'ordinary type affecting Dart of the Auckland and the Wellington districts. "The position is in no .ray alarming." sic sai<i. T" - cases show no tendenc}to revert to the severe type of last year. There is very slight evidence of a recru- " .escence in Christchurch, and none at all in Otago or Southland. '"At- this time of the year there 5s generally a good deal of catarrh prevalent. Probably the present situation is no worse than it is every year. As we "have never before had notifications of influenza at our disposal we have no means of comparing this year's figures with "those of previous years. i '"The Registrar-General's statistics as ?to deaths show that during the spring months pneumonic complications are somewhat prevalent. These are to-days notifications up to "moon:—Auckland province, including •Waikato. 11 eases, of which two are severe: "Wellington province, including -tH-awke"s Bay, Taranaki, and Kelson. 10 cases, of which one is severe; Canter- "." -jury, including .Vestland. six cases, of ■which one is severe: Otago and SouthJana. no eases. "That shows that ail through the Do- ■ -sninion there were only 27 cases notified to-day, of v-hich four are of a severe . type. We cannot say, therefore, that . there is any epidemic. Some of the , vases recently notified indicate small ■ outbreaks of influenza in schools. A - jew cases of influenza in a. school are a i-ommon enough thing at all times, and - -Trill put up our notifications and cause ! alarm. '*Personally. I see i_ cause for alarm ■whatsoever. The Department is watching the position closely, and if any -reason for doing so arises, precautions. - -viil at once he instituted in the way of 1 .' prohibiting public gatherings."