THE EPIDEMIC
CANTERBURY REPORT
(Per Press Association—Copyright)
CHRISTCHURCH, May 3.
A woman, aged 38, from Somerfield died in the Public Hospital late on Saturday night, from infantile paralysis. She' had been admitted earlier in the evenTng with a paralyti c fever. An earlier case occurred in the same household, but the patient is making good progress.
A child of two and a half, from Sprevdon ha s been admitted to the Public Hospital as a suspect. The two cases admitted to the hospital on Friday have been diagnosed as negative. They are a girl of four from Woolston, ail'd a boy of 12 from the Ellesmere County.
TARANAKI CASES x
NEW PLYMOUTH, May 2.
Two case/s of infantile paralysis, both of a, mild nature, were reported at Moturoa, New Plymouth, yesterday. Both were three years of age, and were affected by weakness, in the limbs. Schools in the district will not be closed.
FIVE WAIKATO CASES
HAMILTON, May 2
Five, cases of paralysis were admitted to , hospital yesterday. Two are positive. The first Hamilton victim, a girl aged eleven, is a positive case.
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