INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
INCIDENCE IN CHEISTCHUECH. EARLY DECLINE EXPECTED. (Pee United ttjsss Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 7. Dr T. F. Telford, Medical Officer of Health for Canterbury, to-Vlay issued a warning to people v.io recently have recovered from influenza. In their consequent low condition of health, he stated, they were liable to contract pneumonia by such practices os standing about on damp football grounds and other places. Two fresh ca<:es of pneumonia were reported this morning and a death from pneumonic influenza has occurred in Timaru. Of 25 public schools in, and immediately adjoining Christchurch, six are open to-day. This is a striking instance of the extent oft he incidence of the disease. Dr Telford expresses the opinion that three or four days should witness the beginning of a decline in the incidence of the disease. POSITION IN HAMILTON. (Peb United Press Association.) HAMILTON, July 7. Influenza is prevalent among adults in Hamilton, the staffs of many business establishments being depleted. The school attendances have not suffered to any great extent.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19836, 8 July 1926, Page 10
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169INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19836, 8 July 1926, Page 10
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