INFANTILE PARALYSIS
ONE CASE DURING THE WEEK-END BOY IN HOKITIKA HOSPITAL One case of infantile paralysis was notified to the health authorities for the Canterbury and Westland districts during the week-end. The patient, a boy of four and a half years, is from Koiterangi, near Hokitika. The case has been diagnosed as positive, and the boy is being treated at the Hokitika Hospital. SUSPECTED CASE AT AUCKLAND (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, June 6. A young girl from the city area was the only suspected case of infantile paralysis admitted to the Auckland Hospital during the week-end. and the medical superintendent (Dr. Craven) said that the epidemic had obviously reached its final stages.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22112, 7 June 1937, Page 10
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