INFLUENZA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 July 1923, Page 5

INFLUENZA.

EFFECT ON SCHOOL ATTEND-

ANCE,

(BY TEDEQSS «.t*TT T»TfF««< ARiaOr-*TTOTST.) WELLINGTON, July 18. Fifteen per cent, of the children in the Wellington city suburban schools have been absent 'in the last month. The attendance officer told the board that influenza, colds, diphtheria and exceptional weather conditions were mainly responsible and also for parents' nervous feelings.

GREYMOUTH, July 18. The influenza position is unaltered. The State schools are closed in town to-day, 190 being absent from the main school. There are no pneumonic cases.

DUNEDIN, July 17. The influenza notifications for the past 24 hours number 12. There has been one.death in Southland. Twentyfive patients are in isolation at the Dunedin hospital, and seven are on the dangerously.ill list. There have been three deaths since the beginning of the outbreak. At the hospital the last death was eight days ago. Further schools have closed.

Fourteen members of the police force are laid up, and the tramways are only able to keep the cars running fully manned by the drivers and conductors working overtime. At various times 50 men in the various branches of the tram service have been incapacitated. DUNEDIN, July 18. There were seven notifications of pneumonic influenza in the 24 hours ending noon to-day. Deaths reported in that period are five in Otago and Southland. Twenty-five pneumonic cases are in hospital. Chemists and other authorities report an abatement. O AMARU, July 18. Influenza in the milder Horm is becoming very prevalent here. The Girls' High closed to-day owing to three teachers and a number of pupils suffering-

AUCKLAND, July 17. The prevalence ©f influenza in the city and suburbs continues to keep doctors and chemists w rell occupied. The services of nurses are also in considerable demand. In many households several members of the family are affected, but so far no schools have been closed. Four new cases of pneumonic

influenza have occurred in. the city and suburbs during the week-end* A case is also reported from the Waikato district, making 14 such-cases'-in-the Auckland health district since the beginning of the month.

There are a few mild cases among the men of H.M.S. Chatham, but the position is not such that the work of the vessel is likely to be seriously hampered.