INFANTILE PARALYSIS
No Further Wellington Cases No eases of infantile paralysis were reported in Wellington yesterday. NEW ZEALAND SUMMARY First Death.in Napier Napier.— The first death from infantile paralysis in Napier Public Hospital during the present epidemic occurred on Sunday. The victim was a 52-year-old resident of Ruatoria, East Coast. Palmerston North.— Another case was admittd to the Palmerston North Hospital at the week-end. The patient, a boy of 10 years, is reported to be a positive case. There are now 27 paralysis patients in the Institution. Wanganui.— Two more positive cases of infantile paralysis were admitted to the Wanganui Hospital yesterday, a boy aged two from Ohakune, with slight paralysis in one leg, and a boy of 16 from Wanganui city area with paralysis of one arm.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 5
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128INFANTILE PARALYSIS Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 5
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