PARALYSIS CASE AT TIMARU

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22003, 29 January 1937, Page 12

PARALYSIS CASE AT TIMARU

SUSPECT PROVES POSITIVE

CHRISTCHUECH FREE FOR

A WEEK

The suspected case of infantile paralysis admitted to the Timaru Public Hospital yesterday has now been diagnosed as positive. The patient, a boy aged three years and a half, is paralysed in the left leg. The diagnosis of a suspect notified at Timaru on luesday, a man aged 27, has not yet been completed. No other cases, either suspected or positive, have been notified in the Canterbury and West Coast health district. Christchurch has had no new cases since Thursday of last week.

MILD FORM OF DISEASE AT

AUCKLAND

(FRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)

AUCKLAND, January 28.

All the cases of infantile paralysis receiving treatment at the Auckland Hospital arc of a mild type, it was reported this morning by the Health Department. It is expected that some o£ the earlier cases will soon be discharged. There arc doubtless frequent cases arising from a type of infection which, for some unknown reason, does not pass on to others. These persons are immune from further attacks, stated the department officer. NO NEW CASES AT DUNEDIN

(MESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, January 28. No cases of infantile paralysis were admitted to the Dunedin Hospital today, the last admission having been at 10 o'clock on Wednesday night. There were no notifications from country districts. DANGER OF INFECTION BY TEACHERS EARLY RETURN FROM HOLIDAY SUGGESTED

(PRESS ASSOCUTIO* TELr.GEAM.) WANGANUI. January 28. The Wanganui Education Board today decided to suggest to the Minister for Education (the Hon. P. Fraser) that in view of the infantile paralysis epidemic teachers be asked to return to their districts at least 14 days before February 15, .so that there would be no danger of children contracting disease from teachers who had travel led in the infected areas.

SCHOOL LESSONS BY RADIO

SCHEME PROPOSED AT GERALDINE

PERMISSION OF MINISTER TO BE SOUGHT

[THE TRESS Siicclal Service] GERALDINE, January 28,

So that pupils will not need to mark time because of the postponement of the reopening of schools, the headmaster of the Geraldine District High School, Mr J. J. McGuigan, is seeking, through the Geraldine postmaster, the permission of the Minister for Broadcasting (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage), to establish radio classes for senior pupils at Geraldine. Experiments made during the last week by Mr W. H. Jackson, senior member of the secondary school staff at Geraldine, indicated that it would be quite easy to make contact with the pupils through the amateur station 3BZ Geraldine, which he owns and operates. The school would be limited in its early stages to the matriculation class of seven pupils, but after it had been given a trial, might be extended to reach other pupils in the secondary department. The teachers in charge of the various subjects would each broadcast, so that classes would go on practically as if conditions were normal. To make the scheme more effective questions would be set and answered by post, and the papers discussed and corrected by radio. Other amateur radio enthusiasts at Geraldine are keenly interested in the scheme, which they consider might well be extended if it is successful.