NORTH ISLAND REPORTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17021, 30 November 1918, Page 8

NORTH ISLAND REPORTS

GENERAL IMPROVEMENT.

POSITION IN THE GAMPS.

[BT TELEGRAPH.—PBXSS ■ ASSOCIATION.] ■"'/ WELLINGTON, Friday.

Latest reports from all quarters indicate j thai the ; epidemic ;is> steadily: declining. j The number, of cases recorded to-day were very small, and ■in - some districts nono were reported." : A : further distinct advance was' recorded in connection with ' the various hospitals, and the outlook grows brighter., every hour.'' •■ It is • stated .that there ie a : tendency for the • disease : < to spread among' children, but! it is not , yet acute ; in this : ,' : phase,-; and the ■:-}, Health Department is }, grappling i with it. There are now ! nearly one hundred beds vacant in the hospitals, ; and over fifty at convalescent ; stations. ';■•One ; hospital ; has ■ been ' closed. * ''K'' ". ■ : ',■."■'■'.' ' ' ''- Kj. There is a. steady/: falling off ; in the | number of patients in the camps, and there has been no Increase in the number of senious cases reported. At Trentham there j are 13 serious cases, being : pneumonia and :.two ' cerebrospinal meningitis. >At • Featherston there % are, 20 > serious • cases. i'Awapuni camp 'reports. 16 cases, none of j them serious. ' i The total number of cases iin camps is 370. ; Six J more deaths are I reported. . : : y-:-,-':■' : t .■.'.':;.. : '--v: '•;' ."'.•■" WANGANUI, Friday., The position in Warigfirini "continues to improve. f Only 20; fresh cases have been reported in the last 241, hours, all j being of a very mild typo. ■ /■■ ■ NAPIER, Friday. . The number victims in Napier is now nearly 90. . ' WANING IN THE SOUTH. ' MEDICAL 1 MEN HOPEFUL. ~f , [DT TEtKORAPn.-r-r»ESS association.] - : ':'■?■ DUNEDIN, Friday. | The position to-day is not so; favourable, so far as figures are concerned, 'the notifications : for Otago and : Southland ; being 93. • The medical vopinion, /however,' is that the epidemic is, on the wane. ;=■;;"•"•;*. -'■:> ~'k CmtISTOHUSOHt', Friday. - ; '■ i : ; The situation , shows a marked improvement. -There were only 10 admissions to the hospitals yesterday and one death. - / j :>v." •?•• .'-=-.', ..TIMARTJ, 1 Friday. - MO. marked improvement. is shown here. Hairdressers',.- shops ■'. and hotels are -still closed, but other shops now remain open till :5 v p.m. This i deaths ■ for ; the ', district since the outbreak number about 50. ! AID FOR COUNTRY DISTRICTS. ' NURSES URGENTLY NEEDED. •■ , : " The North ;is still clamouring for nurses," said ; Miss Bagley . yesterday, " and as city : work abates from day to day we are sending all available relief to outlying districts." if Helpers were yesterday despaired to Pukekohe,' Te Kuiti and other ceiitrw, but sufficient trained nurses cannot be obtained to meet the demand, no matter how urgent. ■ " One of the most wonderful things we have noticed has been the way In which workers: have made ready to go out into ■ the country at a moment's •, notice," , said Miss '■. Bltfley, Their readiness to give immediate assistance has been ; splendid. . With regard to the ; release "of ; oity .': nurses now that the position is so much-,.better, it imust; be remembered - that many or most of them have been ( working unceasingly for nearly a month, and j are. not j in a condition to undertake ', more \ hard .work.;, A rest for them is imperative, and that is why we continue to appeal for fresh help." -