Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington Suspects

Northern Advocate, 13 January 1948, Page 4

Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington Suspects

AUCKLAND, Tue. (Sp.) The first suspected case of infantile paralysis since last Thursday, a child from the south of the city, was admitted to Auckland. Hospital last evening. There were 51 positive cases and five suspected cases in the hospital last night compared with 54 positive and three suspects a week ago. FOUR IN WAIKATO

Four other suspected cases have been admitted to the Waikato Hospital. They are a woman aged 23 from Te Kauwhata, two boys aged 10 from the Morrinsville district, and a boy aged 22 months from Te Kowhai. There were 10 suspected cases in the Waikato Hospital yesterday. A nine-year-old boy from Tawa Flat was admitted to the Wellington Hospital last night es a suspected case. He was diagnosed negative today. The hospital had been free of both positive and suspected cases for several days. The last previous suspected case was admitted to hospital last Wednesday, and this and several other suspects reported since the beginning of the year were all diagnosed as negative. The last of six positive cases in Wellington was discharged from hospital on December 30. FIJI RESTRICTIONS

The quarantine restrictions introduced in Fiji in December to prevent the possible spread of infantile paralysis from New Zealand have now been eased. Only a relatively small number of passengers from the infected areas are now disembarking at Fiji air and sea ports and, so long as they remain at a level which enables the Health Department to exercise adequate surveillance of individuals, strict quarantine will be enforced only in certain circumstances.