INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 80, 6 April 1926, Page 4

INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

POSITION NOW NORMAL.

.5 SPORADIC CASES OiXTiY.

(By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.")

WELLINGTON, this day.

This summer, fortunately, has not witnessed a recrudescence of the calami* tous epidemic of infantile paralysis experienced during the summer of 1924----25, states the "Abstract of Statistics" for March. Nevertheless, sporadic instances of the disease still continue to Be evidenced. This, however, is only in accordance with the usual annual experience, a fact which is generally unrealised except on the occurrence of such, periodical ravages of. the disease as that which has so recently been manifested.

The epidemic period may be said to have extended from December, 1924, to June, 1925, during which time 172 deaths were registered as being due to causes classified under the heading of "acute anterior poliomyelitis." Since June 30, 1925, the number of cases terminating fatally has gradually decreased until it lias practically reached normal. Only 11 deaths were registered during the last six months of the year 1925, five of which occurred in July, three in August, one in October, and two in November. The average number of deaths from infantile paralysis during the last five normal years, 1919-23, was five.