CHRISTCHURCH NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1928, Page 10

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS

SCARLET FEVER CASES (Special to “Star.”) CHRISTCHURCH, June 25. There -was a decrease of two in the number- of cases of scarlet fever notified in Canterbury last week, as compared with the previous week. There is as yet no signs of the outbreak being definitely on the wane. The number of cases at the infectious disease hospital, Bottle Lake, this morning was 185, an increase of three since last Monday. The largest total cases at Bottle Lake this year was 199 on May 1. A large number of patients however are receiving treatment in their own homes. WINTER PROSPECTS Though the conditions this winter are very bad from the viewpoint of unemployment, there is a. better state of affair's to report as far as sickness is concerned, so Nurse Maud told a reporter to-day.. The situation this year from the viewpoint of sickness is better than was the case last year. Though Nurse Maud and the District Nursing Association has to do primarily with sickness, it is also called upon to deal with a great deal of distress as incidental®to its main function. Its experience this year has been that there is not the same amount of sickness as was the case last winter. Nurse Maud considers howethat there is a prospect of worse conditions next month. “All oui- friends are very good to us,” said Nurse Maud in reply to a question as to how contributions to the Association were coming in. She added that the resources of the Association. were adequate to the demands at the present time. She had no desire to cry poverty before there was necessity for it.

EGGS AND BUTTER

It is expected that there will be a fall in the price of eggs this week. Last week, first grade hen eggs made 2/3 a dozen at auction. Second grade 2/-. In spite of the cold weather, supplies are becoming much more plentiful. This naturally must have an effect on the prices. There is a good demand for eggs. It is mainly a. local demand. With their own supplies coming in, there is no demand at present from the North Island for Canterbury eggs. So far there has been no increase in the price of butter in Christchurch, but it is possible that it will come. Retail prices of butter in Christchurch are 1/8 for first grade and 1/6 for second.