INFLUENZA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 282, 23 November 1918, Page 4

INFLUENZA

POSITION AT NELSON

HOSPITAL REPORT ' SIX FRESH ADMISSIONS. There have been six fresh influenzal j cases admitted in the jast 24 hours, one man and one woman local, and 1 on© woman and three children from Glenhope. Three have been discharged. There have been no deaths. TotaJ in Hospital 45. The family from Glenhopo were in a bad way on admission, as the father has been( in Hospital for some days, and the mother exceedingly ill, so that they had not been able to have attention, j Yesterdays' admissions have added to the list of dangerously ill, of whom there are now seven, but the rest are now doing very well, all the previously severely iil having made good progress.. ■During telephone hours to-morrow i the following numbers, may be rung up for urgent matters, viz.. 255, 329, 508, 556. I It is officially notified/ that xuitij fur- ' thei' notice all auction sales of clothing, furniture, and general household and [ personal effects are prohibited in !all '• cities and boroughs within tho Wellington Health District (which incJudcs Nelson). Since the Hospital Surgeon's report was isued another death has occurred at the Hospital from pneumonia following influenza. Owing to the prevailing epidemic the wool brokers have been advised that the wool valuation which was to have taken place at Neleon on Tuesday has been postponed. Mr S. F. Sherwood, secretary to the Nelson Harbour Board, is in. hospitali in Feildinig, suffering from influenza. He was called to see his son who w-aa seriously ill at Awapuni 'Camp, and later to his daughter who was ill at Feilding. In cousqeuence of Mr Sherwood's ill- [ ness the usual monthly meeting of the I Harbour Board has been postponed to an indefinite date. Fof tlip convenience of sufferers the Hospital Board's liquor dispensary will be open to-morrow from 11 to 12 a.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. Five of the Hospital nursing staff are now down with influenza. j A family of seven members were 1 removed to Mi.«s Warnock's Hospital at Motueka on Thursday. Thie hospital! is, for the time being, recognised as a public one. DISCUSSION' AT CITY COUNCIL. CLEANING UP THE CITY. POWER SPRAYER TO BE PURCHASED.

Reference, was made by the Mayor at last night's meeting of the City Council to the measures adopted in connection with the epidemic. There had been a thorough ciean-up of the city. The Council had procured a spray pump from air Scott, of Stoke, and this had done excellent work in spraying the streets and' footpaths. .Mr Scott had suspended spraying his orchard in order that the Council might have the use of Ins power sprayer, and was not charging for the use of it. The City Engineer and his staff had been very energetic.

Ihe City Engineer said Mr Scott had recognised the urgency of the matter, and nad willingly granted the use of his sprayer. He was now using a spravclient by Mr Bisley, and he understood that no charge would be made for this. » >Cr. Gibbons congratulated' the town executive and the Mayor on tlie effective way in which the disinfecting had been carried o)ut. Excellent results had been obtained by the City Engineer and staff. He advocated going on with the tarnng and sanding of streets and footpaths, as tar was one of the best disinfectants. He moved that Messrs j Scott and Bisley"oe thanked for lending : power sprayers.

Or. Watson seconded the motion, and said Nelson owed a debt of" gratitude to those who had' lent the sprayers, enabling a largo portion of the city to be j got over in a short time. The epidemic was abating, and this was due to the prompt precautionary measures adopted. He congratulated the Mayor, 'Mr. Neale (Chairman of the Hospital Board), and the officials who hud worked so hard to combat the epidemic. j The motion was earned. I Cr. Marris said he had been informed j that the- clean-up of the city disclosed j that there were some exceptionally :' dirty back? yards—so much so, that some of the men said they would throw up their job if they had many more (such yards to deal with. He moved that the Engineer procure a list of the . particularly dirty yards, and that in I future they be inspected once a week. Seconded by Cr. Stringer, and carried. Cr. Stringer thought that it would be a good thing if the streets and footj paths were sprayed once a week during 'the summer. The Council should get a power spray pump of its own, and he moved to this effect. The streets and footpads to be sprayed' weekly. The Mayor considered this an excellent idea. The Engineer said about ten miles of 6trcets could -bo done in a day. The expense of running the pump-team, benzine, labour, material ,etc., was about £7 15s a day. Civ Gibbons tTiought a sprayer would be very handy, both on the streets and in the recreation grounds. The outside streets, and ditches, should be regularly disinfected. Tarring of the streets and footpaths should also bo gone on with, as that "would be to some extent a disinfectant. He seconded the motion.. Cr Marris said it might bo possible to get a sprayer that would spray tar as well as disinfectants. The Engineer said there was no machine on the market which would spray tar and disinfectants. The motion was carried. THE DOG NUISANCE. (To the Editor.) g n . Permit me as a subscriber to the Nelson Evening Mail to likewise -voice a complaint about the barkinc ot dotrs whose owners have no consideration' Tov the feelings of then- fellow Sens and neighbours either by night or- bv day, and now that sickness is so rife our midst ,and quiet so essential to those that are suffering from i£ ness, -caimot wmetlmie be done by -U£ a quiet mgiht's rest. 1 a " 1 '