MILD INFLUENZA

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1926, Page 11

MILD INFLUENZA

Influe'iiza of a mild type is still, very prevalent in Wellington. . Inquiries made from business offices and various branches of. the Public Service show that there are many absences due to this condition. Tho schools arc considerably affected. In no case, however, is thero any information which would indicate that the disease is of a severer type than has been present for the last three years at this season. The returns for the 24 hours ended at noon to-day, received by the District Health Office, show that in the Wellington Central Health District (including the city and suburbs) there have been two notifications of cases of pneumonic influenza, and ono death. During the two previous days no notifications were received in this district. Apparently the diseaso is more or less widespread throughout tho Dominion, except in the Otago and Southland districts, which, it will be remembered, had a localised and somewhat severe winter epidemic in 1923. The Minister of Health (the # Hon. J. A. Young) stated last ovening that ten cases of pneumonic influenza had been notified throughout the Dominion during the 48 hours ending noon yesterday. •