INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
INCREASE IN CHRISTCHDRCH. [BT TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUKCH, Thursday. The official report on infantile paralysis in Christchurch to-day is that the disease has a tendency to increase here- The chairman of the Hospital Board stated yesterday that there were 16 cases in Christchurch Hospital, hut Dr. Telford reported at noon to-day that there were 20 cases in the hospital then, and that there are more to go in. The patients in the hospital are isolated, and precautions are taken against the spread of infection. The Health Department has given instructions thr.t all cases of the disuse must be notified, in order that infection may be prevented in the homes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17691, 28 January 1921, Page 4
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