INFLUENZA NOTIFIED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17327, 26 November 1919, Page 9

INFLUENZA NOTIFIED.

TOTAL OF 43 IN TWO DAYS. 21 IN CITY AND SUBURBS. MOSTLY OF MILD TYPE. Questioned yesterday regarding the number of influenza cases notified this week, the district health officer, Dr. H. G. H. Monk, said that 43 cases were notified or. Monday and yesterday. They comprised j 22 in the city and suburbs and 21 in : country districts. The country cases in- : cluded certain of the Hamilton notifications. Of the total of 43 six were regarded as severe. In addition to the 43 cases of influenza, : sir cases of pneumonia in the city and : suburban area were notified during" Mon- i day and yesterday. Dr. Monk said the influenza cases were mostly of a very mild variety. i i POSITION IN WELLINGTON. ' ! 62 CASES DURING WEEK. [by telegraph.—press association-.] ! WELLINGTON, Tuesday. During - the week ended November 24, ' la total of 62 cases of influenza were reported in the Wellington health district, | six being of the pneumonic type. Discussing th e position, the district health officer, Dr. Watt, stated that the increase in the number of influenza cases was no doubt attributable to the changeable weather experienced during the last two or three weeks. Dr. Watt threw out j a warning that people should not discard winter clothing too soon', because there ! was a risk of contracting a chill, owing "> sudden changes in temperature. to doctor remarked that out of the 62 cases reported only six wer e pneu- , monic, and the 62 cases were pretty i evenly distributed over the whole of the i ' Wellington health . district. There j was nothing to indicate the presence of I an epidemic in any place. J The type of disease they were getting ; at present was, generally speaking, verv ! mild, and only a small proportion of 'the ' cases were pneumonic in nature Of course, with a disease like influenza precautions must be taken bv the Public Health Department, which was keeping a close watch on the position. The strictest precautions were being taken in evencase coming under notice. THE HAMILTON OASES. STATEMENT BY INSPECTOR. [BY TEXEGEAPH-OWN- correspondent.] Tm ~, HAMILTON, Tuesday. awo mild cases of influenza were re ; Waikato has fought five epidemics He 'folS SL "V dlnica l thermometer brains uTh heaVanlfte " ° f ; gained.twelve £& &JESX& able to determine whether a case is dan ; %"S£ midi ? has - 1 - 0 «^£»£s ,oi , ever medical man in Hamilton inI ftJJ-wfr^" 1 intend- | ent at the Waikato Hospital, to whom he ; always applies in all cases of diffic«l£ or | doubt. He thinks that with there l-JZ , guards to his ordinary intelligence he may be allowed to conduct the infectious ease work of the district with sense arid - discretion. It must always be Tome in '1 T! that ,- he , has tte collectTve wisdom . of the medical profession at his disposal ' ■{. „ ! ™P ecto «' claims that the Waikato gested gS ° S lwted M has been sugMr Bennett concluded by stating that ' St he Mr a ß° ffe H d 1° Vi3it SS2 ' .j in' «t5 r - .?, ett ' had assured him. and in this the doctor concurred, that there was no need for him to do sc.