GLOOMY PREDICTIONS

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 256, 13 July 1926, Page 11

GLOOMY PREDICTIONS

INFLUENZA MAY REOCCUR By Telegbaph.—l’bbss association. Christchurch, July 12. Now that the wave of influenza seems to be declining, medical men say most emphatically that there is danger of a further wave. They predict a further outbreak in the spring of a more virulent nature than at present. “Usually there is more than ope wave of influenza at a time,” said one medical man. “1 he extent of the second wave depends, of course, on the number who were unaffected by the first outbreak. People attacked on the present occasion should have immunity, but a big proportion of the public still is susceptible; I expect that the form of the disease will be more virulent in the second wave.” Another medical man pointed out that while a further outcrop of influenza was very possible alxmt August or September, the weather then would be warmer, so that there should be fewer cases of pneumonia or pneumonic influenza than at present. The Addington, Linwood, and Spreydon West schools, as well as three or four of the smaller schools, sent their children home again to-day. St. Margaret’s College is to remain closed until Julv 20. The Defence Department has decided to cancel all parades at King Edward Barracks from July 12 to July 17 inclusive.