INFANTILE PARALYSIS
CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL
DISEASE UNLIKELY
A girl aged three years was admitted to the Wellington Hospital yesterday afternoon for observation as a suspected case of infantile paralysis. The authorities consider that it is extremely unlikely that she has contracted the disease, but in cases of this nature all precautions are being taken. The baby of 20 months who was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday is still under observation, but so far no signs of paralysis have appeared. It is doubtful whether the child has the disease at all. Both children are being kept in isolation. The Dunedin boy who was admitted to the hospital on Sunday last is progressing well, and has so far not shown any signs of paralysis. OFFICIAL REPORT. An official report from the Health Department, issued this morning, stated: "The position during the past' forty-eight hours has been much I easier. Only one definite case of the disease has been reported, and that case was of a child from Dunedin who became ill in Timaru. "In Dunedin there were four admissions, all for observation, but no cases either positive or paralysed.
"In Wellington one child was admitted for observation."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 12
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196INFANTILE PARALYSIS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 12
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