INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 8

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

DUNEDIN STILL CLEAR No cases of infantile paralysis were reported in Dunedin over the weekend, and it is now over a fortnight since a positive case was notified in the city and suburbs. This morning, the district medical officer of health (Dr ,T. M'Kibbon) reported that a case was admitted to the Oamaru Hospital on February 11. The patient, a boy of 14, had been proved to be a positive case, but there was no paralysis. CHILDREN FROM KEW ZEALAND. KOI ALLOWED TO LAND AT SUVA Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, February 13. It is announced that the Matson steamers trading to New Zealand and Australia will not allow children under 16 to land at Suva from vessels which call at New Zealand ports. The company, therefore, appeals to Australian parents to discourage the bookings of children owing to the fear entertained by the Fijian Government of the spread of infantile paralysis. ONLY THROUGH CHILDERN PROHIBITED SUVA, February 15. (Received February 15, at 11 a.m.) Referring to the restriction reported by the Matson Line on children under 16 on vessels landing at Suva from New Zealand ports, it is announced that children for Fiji from Australia and New Zealand will be allowed _ to land at Suva provided there is no sickness aboard. Only through children are prohibited.