INFLUENZA

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 123, 25 May 1920, Page 2

INFLUENZA

INCREASE IN MILD CASES For the week ending noon yesterday 1149 cases of influenza were notified in the Wellington health district. This was an increase qf 351, compared with figure:; for the previous week. Of the latest notifications 1112 were classified as mild; 24 as pneumonic; and 13 ns severe. The pneumonic oases were reported from the following localities':— Danneurke, 1: Hawera, 1- Sapanga, 2; Eltham, 7; Wanganui, 3; Wellington city, 3: Lower Hutt. 2; Porirua, 1; Martinborough, 1; Carterton, 1; and Pongaroa,' 2 V An increase is also' reported in the number of cases of pneumonia, 23 notifications having been received last week, as against-8 for .'the previous week. In Wellington, last week, there were 1b cases of -pneumonia. -3 in Palmerston North, 2 in Wanganui, 1 in Hawera, and 1 in Pate;;. The influenza notifications for last week weve received from the following towns :—Norswood, 2 mind; Dannevirka, 6 mii'd, i. pneumonif ; Woodville. 1 mild ; Xew Plymoath, £3 mild; Inglewood, 1 mild; Opunake, 95 mild; Stratford, 52 mild, 4 severe; Hawera, 32 mild, J pneumonic; Kaponga, 33 ■ mild, £ pneumonic; Eltliam, .80 mild;. 7 pneumonic ; Manaia, J. 3 mild: Patea, 11 mild;. Wayerley, 6 mild; Eoston, 16 mild; Palmerston North, 80 mild: I'eilding, 18 mild; Levin. 10 mild: Ota-ki,- 20 mild; AVanganui. S3 mild, 4 severe, 3 . pneumonic; Ohakune, 6 mild; Taihape, 1 mild; Marton, 4 mild; Bulls, 10 mild ; Hunterville, 5 mild ■ Wellington. 356 mild, 3 pneumonic; Petone, 11 mild, 3 severe; Upper Hut;, 7 mild; Lowe:- Hutt, 44 mild. 2 pner.iiionic; Johnsonville, 2 mild; Porirua. 2 mild, I pneumenic; Masterton, 2 mild, 1 severe ; Martinborough, 25 ■ mild, 1 j pneumonic; Cirterton, 8 mild, 1 pneu rcpnic; Greytown, 1 miid; JRahiatia, 7 I mild, 1 severe; Pongaroa, 3 mild, <5 pneumonic; Nelson, 6 mild; Motuefca, 1 mild. ' \ The details of.the infectious diseases reported last week are as follow, the -figures for the previous weak being shown for purposes of comparison : — Last Previous week. week. Influenzs ;..... 1149 798 Pneumonia ,23 8 Scarlet fever 7 3 Diphtheria 20 24 Enteric fever 3 £ Tuberculosis 10 2 Infantile paralysis ... 0 1 Puerperal ecpticaemia 1 1 Measles 3 6 Chicken-pox 13 . 7 Ophthalmia- 2 1 Tetanus 1 -0 , Totals 1232 855 . : The following hospital districts reported cases of infectious diseases as shown : —Waipawa : Diphtheria, 2: influenza, 10; measles, 1. Taraiiaki: Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 2; influenza, 124; -chicken-pox, 2. Strattord: Diphtheria, 1; influenza, 56. Hawera : Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria. 3 ; influ.«nza-, 168; pneumonia, 1; chicken-pox. 2: ophthalmia, 1. Patea.: Diphtheria, 1; influenza, 17; pneumonia, 1. Wanganui : Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, 1; influenza, 121; pneumonia, 2; chicken-pox, 2 ; ophthalmia, 1. Palmerston North : Diphtheria, 1; •:n-terio fever,,3; influenza, 144 ; pneumonia, 3; measles, 1.- Wellington: ■Scarlet fever, 2; diphtheria, 4; tuberculosis, 9; puerperal septicaemia, 1; influenza, 431; pneumonia, 16; measles, 1 ; chicken-pox, 4. Wairarapa: Scarlet fever, 2; influenza, 71; chickenpox, 3. . Wairau: Diphtheria, 1; tetanus, 1. Nelson: Diphtheria, 4; influenza-. '7. ' The District Health Officer (Dr. J. E. Faris) stated yesterday that though the number of influenza notifications continued to be high, it was reassuring to note that the ratio of pneumonic, cases to mild forms of disease remained: low. The pneumonic cases were really the true index to the influenza position. While the' ratio of pneumonic cases was low, j the situation could be held to be satisfactory.