THE EPIDEMIC

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 February 1925, Page 7

THE EPIDEMIC

POSITION IN HAWERA. ANOTHER CASE REPORTED. There have been no serious developments in the eases under observation at Hawera Hosiptal, and all are improving. Yesterday, however, another ease was reported at Hawera of a x ehild whose parents live at Ararata. The medical superintendent of the hospital informs us that it is a definite case of the epidemic, but not a severe one. He added that this epidemic had been never anything like so severe as when it appeared in the Dominion previously. He is of opinion also that many children have symptoms of the disease without the occurrence of the paralysis. Generally speaking, the position throughout appears to be getting no worse, and probably it is somewhat better. There is no doubt, however, that parents are wise to relax no whit and that all residents should take advantage of the precautions provided and so do their part in assisting the authorities in their efforts to stamp out the disease. AT NEW PLYMOUTH HOSPITAL. (rty TFI.T’GII AT*n —PRESS ASSOCIATION. NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. 18. A child aged two and a half years died at the hospital last night from infantile paralysis. The case came from W.aitara. Another child, a suspected case, was admitted yesterday from Opunake. Un to the present no local case has been reported.

DOMINION 'S POSITION,

SURVEY OF SITUATION

WELLINGTON., Feb. 17

A meeting of the Board of Health was held to-day in Wellington, Sir Maui Poniare (Minister for Health) presiding. Dr T. 11. A. Y.ilinl ine (DirectorGeneral of Health) gave an interesting summary of the epidemic and the measures taken by the Health Department to deal with it. He said that from the commencement of the epidemic in late November until .Monday, February 16, 522 eases had been notified, and there had been 69 deaths. This mortality of 13.3 pier cent, can be only very slightly increased by possible deaths yet to occur. Of the cases notified within the last few days the distribution was as follows: Auckland Health District, 162 cases, 30 deaths; Wellington, 318 eases. 35 deaths; Canterbury, 38 cases, three deaths; Otago, four cases, one death; total for the Dominion, 522 cases and 69 deaths. LAST NIGHT’S REPORTS. OH A KUNE, Feb. 17. A girl named J. Cullen, two and a half years of age. has been transferred to the Wanganui Hospital, suffering from infantile paralysis. She was spending the holidays at Wnimnrino. The cause of the disease has been traced to contact with a case in Wanganui. She had been to Waimarino ten days before the disease developed. This is the first case in the Waimarino district. TIMAKU. Feb. 37. A young man, aged 21, who was admitted to the hospital from Qrari suffering from infantile paralysis yesterday, died last night.