Paralysis Suspect In Northern wairoa

Northern Advocate, 12 March 1948, Page 5

Paralysis Suspect In Northern wairoa

One further case of suspected poliomyelitis has occurred in Northland.

The suspect is a Maori girl aged 16 whose home is at Katui, near Doniielly’s Crossing. She has been admitted to the Northern Wairoa Hospital at Te Kopuru. This is the second case in the Northern Wairoa district, the first being a visitor from Auckland in December.

Schools are to continue open in the Whangarei district, said the medical officer of health for Northland (Dr J. L. Newman) when asked today if there had been an change in the official attitude.

The four-year-old girl patient in Whangarei Hospital is progressing favourably. TANGITERORIA SCHOOL

In connection with the Tangiteroria School closing, the secretary of the school committee (Mrs S. C. Clarke) stated that installation of improved sanitation was completed by thej plumbers on Wednesday, when 50 out of the 80 children on the roll were attending the school. Mrs Clarke said that the committee decided that the school should be closed on Thursday and Friday. The committee thought that the Education Board might decide to take some action during the week-end. AUCKLAND SUSPECTS

Nine positive cases have now occurred in Northland, the Dominion total being 239, of which 179 have occurred in the Auckland and South Auckland health districts.

Three suspected cases were reported in Auckland yesterday and there were 40 positive cases and three suspects in the hospital last night. The case of a 13-year-old Tokomaru Bay Maori girl, who was admitted to hospital on Tuesday as a poliomyelitis patient, has been ire-diagnosed and tests proved that the child has not developed infantile paralysis.