OUTBREAK IN DUNEDIN.
STATEMENT .■ BY. OFFICER. '-, (By . Telegraph.—Pre.-s.-Assoclatlon.) DTJn'EDEst ) Wcclnesday: 0n1y..;, two. fresh cases of infantile paralysis, .were admitted to the Dunedin Hospital'.'/'to-day. The -patients'v who lire both slightly pnralysed, aie girls aged six and: 15 years respectively, and come from'the'.Dunedin district. -The' district medical officer, Dr. ..T. 1 McGibbin, said to-night that,, although pv'cr ' 100 ; cases liad.,bccn; ; adinitte(b- to the Dunedin -Hosiiital since'- the -beginning -of ■-,the ■ outbreak, only about. HO of these had-shown, positive signs- of infection; seven l being heavily paralysed, while the,:.remainder were suffering from lighter-degrees of paralysis';--.--' Approximately. GO of the total admissions had been -fop-isolation ■ an'd -observation,, and \vhen:-;'tlie- requisite 'period .had. expired Without the development., of any positive indications of infection,.'they would be discharged;!;.'.'■:':■;'.'.,„,'.■ ■■"■'•'.- -.-■..■■ ■:-..' ,'-! .:-.■;■
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1937, Page 3
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121OUTBREAK IN DUNEDIN. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1937, Page 3
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