EPIDEMIC WANING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 19, 23 January 1937, Page 10

EPIDEMIC WANING

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POSITION IN DUNEDIN

I (By Telegraph—Press Association.) [ DUNEDIN, January 22. j I An indication that the back of the infantile paralysis epidemic in Dunedin has apparently been broken is provided by the fact that since Saturday last only one case has been admitted to the Dunedin Hospital, the patient being a young man from Central Otago. Today was again free from notifications in Dunedin. DUNEDIN, This Day. A case was reported this morning of a six-year-old Dunedin boy suffering from respiratory paralysis. He had been staying at Warrington, and is being treated privately. The home is quarantined. "NOT VERY SEVERE" A REASSURING VIEW (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, January 22. 1 "As far as one can foretell from the ! general course the epidemic has taken, ! it does not appear that it will prove very severe, and the infection has not ; assumed any signs of being widespread ' or of being very serious," said Dr. R. ' H. Makgill, of the Auckland office of " the Department of Health, in discuss- ; ing precautions that have been taken [ to check the spread of infantile paralyse suspectec ) cases a<j- : mitted to the Auckland Hospital, the J last, a young man from the country, r who went in on January 18, is still not ; definitely shown to have contracted infection. All the other cases are of a " mild nature, and the patients are makj ing good progress towards recovery. \ WOMAN ADMITTED e ANOTHER LOCAL CASE 3 A suspected case of infantile e paralysis was admitted to the Wellingr ton Hospital today for observation, the t. patient being a woman between thirty i and forty years of age from Miramar. d This makes thre cases now in hose pital, one being a positive case, r It was reported that it was doubtful s whether the Picton patient is sufferd ing from the disease. o MARLBOROUGH SUSPECT t- . e o (By TelesraDh—Press Association.) a BLENHEIM, January 22. A suspected case of infantile paralysis, a boy six years of age living at . Para between Blenheim and Picton, ■] has been admitted to the Picton Hos- . pital for observation. The case is the ? first reported in Marlborough province, and steps have been taken to quaranj tine the immediate contacts of the boy. A blood test has been taken and fore - warded to Wellington for examination. The local office of the Health Depart- „ ment states that investigations do not ; disclose the source of infection, as the family have been living isolated on the :e farm, and have received no visitors in ie recent weeks. re th NO CASE AT OAMARU to ;s - (By'Telegraph—Press Association.) 2d OAMARU, This Day. a To date there have been no cases of :h infantile paralysis at Oamaru and only three cases in North Otago. These >r- came f r om at least eight miles out of at town. Id HEALTH PRECAUTIONS w (To the Editor.) 2y sir—l read with interest the comments on the report of Professor Hercus's speech. Does not Mr. John H. Howell's statement that in the epi- ?■ demic of 1932 there were considerably „ more cases in hospitals and more deaths than now, prove that the pre cautions taken are having a very good '.yf effect, and are keeping things well I in hand? Surely no reasonable-minded person resents giving up pleasures for a short while, and so preventing loss IW of life, and a lot of little children ss ' remaining cripples for life. The Health at ' Department, in taking the stand it has, has the support of every thinking !p parent in the Dominion.--I am, etc., he A PARENT, ng —