THREE NEW CASES

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22050, 25 March 1937, Page 16

THREE NEW CASES

INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC

ONE NOTIFICATION IN CITY

Three cases of infantile paralysis, including one in Christchurch, were reported to the District Medical Officer of Health for the Canterbury and Westland district, Dr. T. Fletcher Telford, yesterday. The city case is that of a girl, aged five years, living in Linwood. There is no paralysis evident. The other cases were reported from Waitawa, near Pleasant Point, and from Greymouth,. boys of nine years and eight years respectively. Both the schools attended by the latter patients have been closed until after the Easter holidays, and the class at the school attended by the Christchurch victim of the disease has been dispersed for a similar period.

No notifications of the disease had previously been made in the city area since March 16, when a girl aged seven, also from Linwood, was admitted to hospital. Infantile paralysis patients in the Christchurch Hospital now total six—three girls and three boys. They are reported to be "making-satisfac-tory progress.

FIRST POSITIVE CASE IN HOROWHENUA

SHANNON SCHOOL CLOSED

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TILSGRAU.) LEVIN, March 24. The first positive case of infantile paralysis in the Horowhenua district during the present epidemic has been admitted to hospital. The patient is a six-year-old Maori girl from Shannon, suffering from slight paralysis of the right arm. Several days ago she came into contact with a girl from the Manawatu district who was later taken to hospital with the disease. As a precautionary measure, the Shannon. School has been closed. In addition, secondary school pupils from Shannon travelling to Palmerston North and Levin have been stopped.

NINE CASES NOW IN THE HASTINGS AREA

NAPIER SCHOOLS TO CLOSE

UNTIL APRIL 5

(L'UKSS ASSOCIATION TILKGRAU.) HASTINGS, March 24. Another case of infantile paralysis was reported to the health authorities in Hastings during the 24 hours ended at noon to-day, making the total now for the town and district nine. The latest victim is a three-year-old girl. She had been in contact with one of the cases reported earlier in the week. The first case of infantile paralysis was reported in Napier this afternoon, the patient being a two-year-old boy. All Napier schools will be closed until April 5 to prevent the spread of the disease. Almost a dozen cases have been reported from country districts within 10 miles of Napier.