INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Northern Advocate, 24 March 1937, Page 5

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Two Further Cases At Dunedin (Per Press Association.—■Copyright.'] DUNEDIN, This Day. Two suspected cases of infantile paralysis have been notified in this district. One is a 10-year-old boy. who was admitted to the Balclutha Hospital, and the other a boy of three years, who was admitted to the Clyde Hospital. Of 34 cases in the Dunedin Hospital, two were discharged yesterday, and the majority of- those remaining are progressing favourably.

Waipukurau.—A Porangahau bay, aged three, has contracted infantile paralysis. He had been under observation for some days, and was certified as a positive case yesterday. One arm is paralysed, but it is understood that the case; is not serious. There are no further cases or suspects in hospital. Napier. —The Hawke’s Bay Education Board, in conjunction with the Health Department, has ordered all schools in Napier and surrounding districts to be closed. This step was taken as a precautionary measure, in view of the continued prevalence of infantile paralysis in Hastings. There have been no further cases reported in Napier. It was also announced that the schools would be closed until April 5, both in Hastings and Napier, not until March 30, as previously decided upon at Hastings.