INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 March 1937, Page 5

INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

SUSPECTED MANAWATU CASE. NOW THREE IN DISTRICT PALMERSTON N., This Day. A suspected case of infantile paraI lysis from Baiuesse has been notified to the senior inspector of health at Palmerston North, Mr. S. B. Reed. The patient is an adult woman, and she was admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital yesterday afternoon for observation. This brings the total number of cases notified in the district to three—two positive and one suspect.. The two patients who were admitted to hospital on Monday suffering in each case from slight paralysis of a foot, are progressing satisfactorily. MAORIS NOT ALLOWED TO TRAVEL NORTH. WAIROA, Last Night. As a result of the outbreak of infantile paralysis in Hastings, the Health Inspector in Wairoa has received advice from the Department of Health that no Maoris south of Napier are to be allowed to travel to Nuhaka for the big Mormon hui to be held there at Easter. It is anticipated that the attendance at the hui will be between 1600 and 1800 Maoris. MILD POSITIVE CASE AT OAMARU. O AMARU, March 17. '. A boy aged five years who was admitted to hospital yesterday morning has now been diagnosed as a mild positive case of infantile paralysis. PATIENTS MAKING PROGRESS. NAPIER, Last Night. No further eases of infantile paralysis have been recorded in the district and the authorities report that the five children so far isolated at the Napier Hospital are making satisfactory progress. Only one of, the five cases is at all serious, this being one admitted about a week ago.