TYPHOID IN WELLINGTON.

Evening Star, Issue 6895, 6 May 1886, Page 4

TYPHOID IN WELLINGTON.

[Special to the Star.]

WELLINGTON, May 5,

It is reported here that many members of Parliament do not intend to bring their families to Wellington this session owing to the alleged prevalence of typhoid fever in the city. Ido not know who has spread this report abroad, but yesterday the ‘ New Zealand Times’ seriously alarmed the citizens by stating that there were forty typhoid fever patients in the Hospital, and a large number outside that institution. As the article in question created almost a panic in town, the ‘Evening Post’ last night and this morning despatched a special reporter to interview the resident members of the medical profession. He called upon the whole profession, and the result of his inquiries is very reassuring. From his report it is clear that there has been a certain amount of typhoid fever in the city, but rather less than is usually experienced in autumn. Without exception, the practitioners positively assert that the whole of the cases at present under treatment (and they are very few) have occurred at the extreme southern end of Wellington, far away from the heart of the city, and are confined entirely to the poorer classes of the inhabitants. The medical men are unanimous in their assertions that there is not the slightest cause for alarm. There are only about half a dozen cases in the Hospital, and during the past month there has only been one death there. Most of the cases are of a mild type and will soon be discharged from the institution. The article of the ‘ Post’s ’ special reporter, published in to-night’s issue, has already had the effect of allaying all fear.