INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23081, 6 January 1937, Page 8

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

INCREASE OF ADMISSIONS TWO FURTHER POSITIVE CASES FOUR OTHERS FOR OBSERVATION The hopes entertained that the severity of the infantile paralysis epidemic was definitely on the decline appear to have been disappointed in the meantime, for two positive cases of the disease and four doubtful cases were admitted to the Dunedin Hospital yesterday. One of the definitely affected cases was that of a girl aged 10 years from Waipori Falls, and the other was a girl of nine from Dunedin. The four doubtful patients were a woman aged 36, of Leith street; a woman aged 20, of Nairn street, Roslyn; a boy, two years old, from Mosgiel; and a boy, aged two, from Canongate. DISINFECTION OF THEATRES Every picture theatre in Dunedin is at present being disinfected three times a day, and no child under the age of 15 years' has been admitted to a theatre since the day following the outbreak. Local theatre managers state that they are taking all precautions to safeguard the public, and that there are no restrictions on the attendance of adults. MILITARY CAMP POSTPONED On account of the epidemic, the defence authorities have decided to postpone the annual camp of the .Otago Mounted Rifles, which was to have been held at Outram from January 19 to 27. MAN AND WIFE ISOLATED RETURN FROM DUNEDIN VISIT y (Per United Press Association) ASHBURTON, Jan. 5. , A man and-his wife, residents of Mount Somers, who have returned from a visit to Dunedin, have been isolated for 10 days by order of the county health inspector. The latter received anonymous letters expressing alarm, and took the precaution against the possibility of infection being introduced into the district. SUSPECTED CASES TWO IN ELTHAM DISTRICT (Per United Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 5 Two suspected cases of infantile paralysis from the Eltham district were admitted to the Hawera Hospital. The patients were a youth of 17 and a six-year-old boy. Neither showed signs of definite paralysis, but the symptoms were extremely suspicious. The cases were in no way associated with each other. HEALTH DEPARTMENT BULLETIN (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Jan. 5. The Health Department bulletin states that three cases of poliomyelitis were notified for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day. They were' as follows: —Dunedin, one male, aged 21, very slightly paralysed; South Canterbury, two cases, one girl of eight years from Timaru, and one girl of three years from Waiho Forks.