INFECTIOUS DISEASES
STEADY FALL IN CASES SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS CLOSED fP«j< United I’kesb Association.) WIOISLINGTON, May 17. There has been a steady fall in the number of infectious diseases notified in New Zealand during the last, live years, with the result that in Wellington, as well as in the other three main centres, special and elaborate institutions built for the treatment of fevers have been closed through lack of patients. The medical superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, Dr H. Haylclon Ewcn, •staled that it was not likely that Now Zealand would continue to enjoy .such exceptional immunity from infectious diseases because experience had shown that they always occurred in cycles. Dr Ewcu agreed that there might be something in the view occasionally expressed that the improved position was due to a simpler mode of living practised by a larger proportion of the people, and that their congregation was less in places of entertainment as a result of the depression, but it had been definitely established that infectious diseases came in cycles or waves.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19340517.2.150
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 21722, 17 May 1934, Page 15
Word Count
172INFECTIOUS DISEASES Evening Star, Issue 21722, 17 May 1934, Page 15
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.