CASES PROVED NEGATIVE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 8

CASES PROVED NEGATIVE.

ELTHAM DISTRICT SUSPECTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ELTHAM, this day. Two suspected cases of infantile paralysis were reported in the Eltham district, and were admitted to the Hawera Hospital, but both proved to be negative, i The elder boy, aged 17, had been working ou a farm engaged in haymaking on Saturday, which was a particularly i hot . day, and was affeeted by the sun, and also had stomach trouble for some .The.-other cau, that jof a boy aged six yeari, was definitely diagnosed .as: not one of. paralysis. The isolation 1 on .the contacts of both boys, who were & no way related, has been lifted.

i WAIKATO PRECAUTION*.

.5- " (FVem Ont Own Correspondent.) ' V;.r HAMILTON, Tuesda^l Residentsof -the Waikato who visited Dunedin during the holidays And have since returned to their homes have been asked to the Health Department's Hamilton office, and. to undergo' a fortnight's isolation in their own houses. ' . -

OFFICIAL BUUJ9TXX.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. A Health Department bulletin Mates that, three.cases of poliomyelitis were notified for the 24 hours ended at 9 *.m. to-day.- In Dunedin there Was one male, aged 21, very slightly paralysed. In South, Canterbury there were two cases, a girl of eight years from Timaru, and a girl of three years from Waiho Forks.

SUSPECT! XX O AMARU.

(By Telegraph.—Prsss Association.) - OAMARU, this day. Two suspected cases of infantile paralysis were admitted to the Oamaru Hospital yesterday. Ope patient, a girl aged two years, from Waiareka, who was admitted for another complaint, is a doubtful case. The other case, a girl aged two years, from Kakanujf is also only suspect.