EPIDEMIC DYING OUT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17030, 11 December 1918, Page 8

EPIDEMIC DYING OUT.

.ONE NEW HOSPITAL CASE. . \ CLOSING OF THE NURSERY. / Only one now case of influenza was received in Auckland for hospital treatment yesterday, , tho' patient being admitted to the General Hospital, No further deaths hayo occurred in hospital. The Y.W.C-A. nursery probably will bo closed to-morrow or on Friday. Thore ■ are still fivo children in the institution, but these will bo removed tojday, and the staff will then devote a day or two to tho clearing up : necessitated by such a departure from ordinary conditions. Sinco the nursery was opened a month ago 100 childrui have been cared for, and tlio utmost credit is duo to the staff for tho way in which tho health of, tho little ones has been safeguarded. At tho. out- i ' set- a mild outbreak of influenza affected some children, but isolation and stringent • precautions soon toped out the incipient, trouble. Miss I. M. Peacocke, who has j been in charge of the nursery, yesterday j paid a warm tribute .of thanks lor the < sympathy and cordial assistance given by 1 many citizens. The sum of £80 has been i donated for tho benefit of the < children, j and it is being held by the Hospital Board i pending a decision as to the best method j of expenditure. ! Congratulatory reference to the work . performed by Mr. W. Wallace, chairman , of the Auckland Hospital and Charitable J Aid Board, during tho epidemic, was made j at a meeting of the Harbour Board yesterI day. The chairman, Mr. H. 1). Heather, • spoke of "the magnificent effort " of Mr. Wallace, other members speaking in a similar strain. Sir. Wallace said any success that had been achieved by the Hospital Board was due to tho hearty co-operation of the whole staff, from the "medical superintendent down. of the many helpers 'during ths epidemic was eulogised yesterday by tlis Manukaa Comity Council. A resolution was carried expressing appreciation of the services rendered to sufferers b* the efforts of the Mayor, Dr. J. 1\ rrenglev. members of the various committees, and the nurses, both men and women, GOOD REPORTS PROM COUNTRY. CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL CLOSED. The temporary hospital at Cambridge closed on Monday. The consensus o' opinion is that good work was dono by everyone connected with the institution. Ihe hospital dealt with 68 patients, of whom four died. Reports concerning the abatement of the epidemic in the thermal district are ornflf,Tl in _x. • . i .

9. ! gratifying. .There wore 10 parents in the I isolation hospital at Rotorua, none of the it. cases being serious, The cases in the y; native temporary hospital numbered 22, y . of which only two were somewhat serious, d i Miss Hewett has been appointed assistant secretary of the Voluntary Aid Division in Rotorua. The inhalation chamber at - tho railway station Was opened on Monday, ! all incoming passengers being required to pass through it. .. ! ; There have been nearlv. 200 cases' of inl flnenza in the Mamaku district during the last three weeks. There have been five J, deaths. The emergency hospital and kitj chen, organised, by the residents, was the t i me3n!i of saving many lives, and splendid it » V ,? as done under the supervision of i Mrs. E. Thorpe, of the Auckland division ' ( of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. With , [ the exception of a few cases, the epidemic * is now stamped out. I' „ DrHo , W( % re P°rt 3 that' conditions in 0 18 Waiukn district are exceedingly good, tho epidemic'being practically at an cud! •- j Most of the hospital cases are mild or conj valescent. Matters among the Maoris are I 1! * er s satisfactory, the . settlement being - , almost clear of. the epidemic. . The-number t. of -.patients t now in hospital' has been re'-' '• ducetl to 19, against 31 . cases last week." ! t . '- . ~-v.": •' ; DEATH OP. A NURSE. n . .* ■■" - 3 [BY TELEGRAPH, rKESS ASSOCIATION".] J' _ NEW PLYMOUTH., Tuesday. i Nurse Waite, one of the five local nurses e i who were despatched to assist at 'Auck--0 land Hospital, died at the New Plymouth a ; Hospital this morning. She returned here J™ : Tuesday last, apparently in good r dealth, but developed, a seemingly slight 3 : attack of influenza. , Yesterdav her condition was regarded as satisfactory, but in the evening virulent symptoms hitherto unobserved in any local case appeared and « speedily ended fatally. - POSITION ON EAST COAST. J ' .WORK- AMONG THE. MAORIS. > -'[BZ TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' \ GISBOBNE, Tuesday. • Steps to cope with the influenza out--3 break among Maoris in the settlement* ' round Gisborne- and Wairoa are now tak- > ing j definite shape. Lady Carroll, ' who . ' headed a relief party of leading Maoris ' from Gisborne, has just returned. She states that. the difficulty at Nuhaka in getting Maoris to go into the temporary hospitals was due to the fact that the first two native patients died. The party dsiured the natives that they should undergo proper treatment, and the native chiefs agreed to bring in serious cases. t Native committees have been formed on | the East Coast to make arrangements to j check the epidemic. It is understood there , • is' a slight wane l among the native pas from Opotiki to Cape Runaway. CITIZENS' RELIEF FUND. • ADDITIONAL DONATION^ A j total of £666 2a 4d, in aid of the Mayor's Epidemic Relief Fund has been received at the Heeaid Office. The following donation was received yesterday Amount previously acknowledged £658 2 4 *' .. •• •• f. .. 10 0 0 £G< >6 2 4 IMPROVEMENT AT KAIKOHE.

i [bt TEiE&n.vrH.— coreespokdext.] KAIKOHB. Tuesday. The situation is still improving, and by the end of this week the number of patientii in both the European. and native hospitals will bo considerably reduced. Dr. _ Mercer arrived yesterday, and is malting .an inspection of all the' outlving > Maori kaingag. OUTBBEAKB AT SEA. r i WARNINGS IN AUSTRALIA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, i (Recti. 730 p.m.) PERTH, Dcc, 10. ' A wireless messaae adv'ses that x yes- ! eel to arrive has 200 influenza cases on 1 board. Another steamer, from Calcutta, I j reported four deaths on hoard. II '■ . .