INFANTILE PARALYSIS
STATEMENT BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADVICE TO PARENTS (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Health Department is closely watching the position arising from the outbreak of infantile paralysis in the south, and in a statement issued last evening, strongly recommended the postponement of children’s health camps, except those for children from orphanages and similar institutions, who can be dealt with in groups without associating with the general public. At present there is no evidence that the infection has in any degree spread beyond Dunedin, but as obvious cases are always accompanied by a much larger number of cases of indefinite illness among children, the active assistance of parents may do much in limiting the spread of the disease. In all instances excessive fatigue or undue exposure to direct sun should be avoided and shady hats should be worn. SUSPECTED CASE IN WELLINGTON WELLINGTON,. This Day. t. A nine-year-old girl was admitted to Wellington Hospital yesterday from 'Tawa Fiat. Infantile paralysis is suspected, but no definite diagnosis has as yet being made, it being emphasised that at the worst the case is no more than a suspect.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 6
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