INFLUENZA ON NIAGARA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16987, 22 October 1918, Page 4

INFLUENZA ON NIAGARA.

QUESTION OF QUARANTINE,

STATEMENT BY MINISTER

[bt telegraph.— ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON. Monday. The position of influenza patients on board the Niagara, was referred to yesterday by the Minister for Public Health, who said:—" My attention has been directed to the fact that the Australian authorities propose to quarantine all vessels arriving which have influenza on board. I do not know what the position is in Australia, but in New Zealand influenza is not a notifiable disease, and it would be an illogical position to take 11,5 that a vessel arriving here with influenza on board should be quarantined while that ailment or disease is so prevalent throughout the Dominion and is not made notifiable. The question of whether influenza should be declared to be a disease rendering vessels having it on board subject to quarantine will require carefnl consideration. In the meantime reports to hand s'how the epideraio in New Zealand is abating somewhat in intensity, and it is most satisfactory to know that up to date 'there have been very few deaths indeed that can bo directly attributed to influenza."

DEATH OF THIRD VICTIM. DUE TO SUPERVENING PNEUMONIA' The third death as the outcome of the influenza epidemic on the Royal mail steamer Niagara occurred yesterday morning, when Mr. H. Youlton, a steward, died of pneumonia following influenza. Deceased, whose age was 25, was a native cf Adelaide, Australia.

The deceased being a discharged Canadian soldier, who was gassed in France, the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association forwarded a wreath to the cemetery, and several members attended the funeral, which look place yesterday.