STILL MOUNTING
INFLUENZA AT PAPAKURA
AUXILIARY HOSPITAL
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, June 10. To provide additional accommodation for soldiers suffering from influenza, the Auckland Teachers' Training College in Epsom is to be taken over by the Health Department and equipped as an auxiliary hospital. This was announced by the chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, Mr. A. J. Moody, at a meeting of the board tonight.
Mr. Moody said that influenza- at the Papakura Mobilisation Camp was on the increase and drastic steps had been necessary to cope with the conditions. The emergency wards at the Ellerslie racecourse were becoming overcrowded.
It is expected that 200 beds will be provided at the college.
The emergency influenza hospita? established last week at Ellerslie now spreads over the main grandstand, the St. Leger grandstand, . and the tea kiosk. ■ The total number of cases today was 416, of whom 410 were in the Auckland Hospital, Auckland infirmary, and at Ellerslie. It is expected that a further 60 cases will be transferred from the camp tomorrow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 137, 11 June 1940, Page 4
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