INFLUENZA IN DOMINION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17329, 28 November 1919, Page 6

INFLUENZA IN DOMINION

SLIGHT RECRUDESCENCE. DR. MAKGILL'S OPINION. POSITION NOT ALARMING." [BY TELEGRAPH. PEE-S ASSOCIATION J WELLINGTON, Thursday. Interviewed in regard to ii.tii;,-;-,, in the Do-minion Dr. R. si. Mak^il 1 . ;>. t ■!-. chief health offi er, state,! th.:i there was a slight recrudescence of iiitiiu;/., ~f tha ordinary type affecting part of th .. Uk land and the Wellington r .;s:r: :s "The position is in no wav alnri.i:,-."-"' he said. "'The cases show no tend, ,;,-,■" t,o revert to the severe type of L.m ■.. , r There is very slight evidence of -i r *. < < i. descence in Christen and n..-»p „t, ail in Otago or Southland. "At this lame of the year there >* - on eraliy a good deal of catarrh ; -■ v.:7.t" Probably the present situation is no' *',' ir than it is every year. As we ha., ■ . v l r before had notifications of inflii.:/., ... ,-,. disposal w"e have no mean? o: .-■ ::. ;.' ir • r ,» this year's figures with those of i'.'Vwou* years. ' "The Registrar-General's statist «to deaths show that during the -•-in" months pneumonic complications are' r .! m £ what prevalent. "These are to-day's notifications un to noon :— Aucklan i province, including vv'ai. kato, 11 cases, of which two ar. -'. iJrp . Wellington province, including H.,i-Ke'i Bay, Taranaki and Neisoi.. 10 ra.v- .-f which one 13 severe; Canterbury. ii;' u H ing Westland. six cases, of wi.jch era is severe; Oiago and Southland no cases. u

'"That shows that all through t ~- Dominion there were only 27 cJsts '■~ t, d" to-day, of which f./ur are of a. Wvp.- a type. _ W e cannot say, therefore that there is any epidemic. " .Some of the <- ,V es recently notified indicate .'■mall outh>-aka of influenza in school?. A few ~,-f« ci influenza in a school are a common e "n u>h thin? a all times and will put up ur notifications and cause alarm. '•Personally. I see no cause for arm whatsoever. The Department is waUhinu the position closely, and if snv ua.-,n for doing so arises, precautions wi"'] a once be instituted in the wav of prohibiting public gatherings." * POSITION AT HAMILTON. EIGHT MILD CASES REPORT KD. [BY. TELEGEAPH—OW.V COEB.ESrOVUK.VT J HAMILTON. Thursday. Eight cases of mile ;rfl-"nzi ere reported to-day in the 8..rn."",n ~, ■.;,,, district. The previous case? are all" progressing satisfactorily. CASES IN AUCKLAND. SMALL IMPROVEMENT NOTED. TEN NEW NOTIFICATIONS. — . TOTAL OF 63 FOR WEEK. A slight improvement in regard to the cases of influenza in the Auckland health district was denoted yesterday by the fact that the number of not.r rations re--IVe d. by the district health officer showed a reduction as compared with the number on the other days of the present week Yesterday 10 new cases were recorded, comprising eight in the citv and suburban area and two in country districts. Two are considered severe 'cases. In addition, one case of pneumonia, in a country district, was 'notified. Yesterday's notifications bring the total for the present week to 68. A satisfactory feature is that few were reported to be of a serious nature. The district health officer Dr. H G H. Monk, stated yesterday that he had been informed by various medical men that the majority of the cases were of the simple catarrhal type, patients show, ing a high temperature one dav and normal conditions on the next. He emphasised the need for taking prompt precautions.