PRECAUTIONS IN SYDNEY
TREATMENT BY VACCINE.
OPINION OP MEDICAL MEN. I Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. 1 (R*cd. 0.20 p.m.) SYDNEY. Nov. 18. ; '■' Cabinet, at a special meeting, discussed reports to the effect that influenza was rife in New Zealand, and devised elaborate precautions to":ombat the epidemic. The health officers >,re of opinion that the disease IB not true influenza, but pneumonia of a highly virulent type, which they term epidemic pneumonia. The hospitals have been cleared to receive patients. An extensive chain of inoculation depots have been established and large quantities of vaccine prepared. It is believed that a strong factor Against Jhe introduction of the epidemic into Australia is the' short' life of the infective organism when away from human tissue. Medical men are finding it extremely difficult to make culture from the organisms. I The medical officer in charge of the quarantine station states that the vaccine treatment for influenza has proved a decided success not only in combating the disease but in preventing its spread. The situation is now well in hand. The Sonoma and two other vessels have been released from quarantine. •'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17011, 19 November 1918, Page 6
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