IN OTHER DISTRICTS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12095, 24 March 1925, Page 5

IN OTHER DISTRICTS

SIGNIFICANT FEATURE NUMBER OF ADULT CASES. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 23. A significant feature of infantile paralysis notifications during the past week has been the number of cases among adult women. Up to the present the majority of the adulte who have been notified as having contracted the disease have proved negative cases, but the few that have turned out to he! positive cases have been mostly of ‘ serious nature. Two further adult cases are included in to-day’s notifications. WOMAN SUSPECT. CASE PROVES NEGATIVE. Pei’ Press Association. DUNEDIN. Maroh 23. The woman suspect of infantile para lysis has proved negative. A girl 21 years of age has been declared positive, and a girl of 10 years, from the city, died this morning. ADULT ATTACKED. TIMARU. March 23. Two more infantile paralysis cases are reported, a woman or 30 and a hoy of eight. NOTIFICATIONS AT MASTERTON. MASTERTON, March 23. A fresh case of infantile paralysis was notified last night. The patient is a child residing in the borough. THREE AT WANGANUI. WANGANUI, Maroh 23. Three cases of infantile paralysis were reported to-day. One was a girl, 13 years of age, the second a boy aged six, and the third a girl of twenty months.