CHILD PARALYSIS
THREE MORE PATIENTS IMPROVEMENT IN AUCKLAND Two further cases of infantile paralysis, and a suspected case, were reported to the Health Department in Auckland yesterday, Two of the patients, one positive ease and one suspect, were admitted to the Auckland Hospital, and the third, another positive case, was taken to the Tauranga Hospital from Te :P«ke. The two positive cases notified yesterday are both fairly severe, according to Dr. T, J. Huglies, medical officer of health at Auckland. He, said the Auckland case, that of a boy aged nine years from Matakana, showed definite paralysis. The suspected case admitted to the Auckland Hospital was a child from Cllenfield, and it was very doubtful whether this was paralysis.
A substantial reduction in the number of infantile paralysis patients in the Auckland Hospital was reported yesterday by the superintendent, Dr. <T. W. Craven. He said there were now 18 cases, actual or suspected, in hospital, a number of suspected cases having been proved negative in the last few days. A precaution introduced by the hospital authorities when the outbreak commenced late last year, that of doing no operations to the throats and noses of patients under 16 years except in urgent cases, was again in force. Dr. Craven added. This regulation would be lifted as soon as conditions had improved sufficiently.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19370511.2.103
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22725, 11 May 1937, Page 12
Word Count
221CHILD PARALYSIS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22725, 11 May 1937, Page 12
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.