EPIDEMIC INQUIRY.
DR. CHESSON’S EVIDENCE.. Christchurch, March 24. Giving evidence before the Influenza Commission, Dr. Chesson, District Health Officer, said there were numerous cases of influenza at Christchurch in October, but the medical men did not seem to regard them out of the ordinary. - They included pneumonic cases, which they looked on merely as pneumonia accompanying ordinary influenza. Congregation of people at the Christchurch races in November caused a rapid spread of the disease, but it was possible the epidemic might have arrived if there had been no Carnival Week. The total of cases admitted to hospitals at Christchurch between November 6 and December 8 was 722, and deaths in Canterbury and Westland health district numbered 997, a rate of 4.13 for every one thousand of population. Dr. Chesson said some people could acquire a certain amount of immunity from a previous attack, whereas others seemed infected whenever exposed, and others had never contracted influenza, even in previous years. Dr. Chesson said he considered that action was necessary to enable the Health Department to compel the adoption of the by-laws.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 84, 24 March 1919, Page 6
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