CASES AT DUNEDIN
FOUR MORE ADMISSIONS
(Hy Telegraph—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN. December 28.
Two cases of infantile paralysis were admitted to Dunedin Hospital during the twenty-four hours ended at 9 a.m. today, these being, girls aged 12 years arid 13 years respectively. Both were sliahtly paralysed.
No further cases were received until late in the evening, when a six-year-old girl was admitted for observation, and a boy five years of age, who was brought to Dunedin from Waipori, was also placed under observation.
The case of fatal infection of an adult, aged 41, reported yesterday, has caused numerous inquiries to be made concerning the possibility of adults contracting the disease. Authorities state, however, that such a contingency is very rare, for oO per cent, of paralysis cases occur in children under five years of age and 90 per cent, in children under 16
DUNEDIN, This Day.
No new case of infantile paralysis has been reported today and there is a definite improvement in the situation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 155, 29 December 1936, Page 8
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