Two Further Cases Of Infantile Paralysis

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 69, 23 March 1937, Page 4

Two Further Cases Of Infantile Paralysis

HASTINGS TOTAL NOW SEVEN. From Our Own Correspondent. HASTINGS, March 22. Two further cases of infantile paralysis were reported during the week-end to the health authorities in Hastings. Both cases were definitely positive, and in each case the lower limbs have been affected. One of the latest victims is a six year-old boy, who was a pupil of th> Convent School, and the other a two year-old girl. Both are living in Hast ings. A third case, a suspect, was alsi reported, but this was later definitely diagnosed as an entirely different complaint. There have now been seven cases reported in Hastings and the surrounding districts since the first case was reported three weeks ago. It is interesting to note that np to the present outbreak Hastings had been free of the complaint since February, 1928, though there was one suspected case early in .1920, but this proved negative. CASE AT WAIPUKURAU PATIENT’S CONDITION NOT SERIOUS WAIPUKURAU, March 22. A case of iufantile paralysis was reported from the Waipukurau Public Hospital to-day. The pationt, a Porangahau boy, aged three years, has been under observation for Borne days and was certified to-day as a positive case. One of the boy’s arms is paralysed, but it is understood that the case is not a serious one. There are no further cases or suspected cases in the hospital. MAORI DIES AT WAIROA FIRST CA3E IN DISTRICT WAIROA, Last Night. The death occurred in the Wairoa Hospital on Friday night of a married man, aged 28, a Maori resident of Mohaka, tho cause of death being infantile paralysis. The man had been an inmate of the hospital for about a week as a suspect and was being treated for the disease. This is the iirse case in the district.

DEATH AT WESTPORT MORE CASES IN CANTERBURY CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. A death, two positive cases and two suspected cases of infantile paralysis were reported in the Canterbury-West-land health district to-day. A boy aged two died at Westport, while a married woman from St. Andrew’s has been admitted to Waimato Hospital, and a girl, aged 16, is reported to be a positive case in Grevmouth. The two suspects, both at Runanga, arc a youth of N 5 and a boy of seven. NO FRESH CASES IN PALMERSTON NORTH There were no fresh cases of infan tile paralysis reported from Manawatu yesterday. A report was current that there had been an admission from Te Horo but while "there was a patient from that township, the cause of admission was not paralysis. It has been decided to cancel the Easter camp of the Manawatu Methodist Young Men’s Bible Class Union at Feilding.