INFECTIOUS DISEASES
PREVALENCE IN AUCKLAND INFLUENCE OF THE WEATHER (Special to Daily Times) AUCKLAND, May 31. Measles, gastric influenza and whooping cough are at present prevalent with varying incidence m the city and suburbs. The measles epidemic which broke out in Auckland about seven months ago was stated to-day to have continued ever since, and was as vet showing no signs of abating. Local doctors report that the disease is at present being contracted more by adults than by school children. Commenting on the persistence of the measles epidemic a doctor said that some people definitely contracted the disease but showed few of the regular symptoms. They continued to go to work when they should be in isolation if the spreading of the disease was to be successfully checked. The incidence of gastric influenza appears to vary with the locality. The trouble is reported to be particularly marked in the EpsomOnehunga districts, where whole families are stated to have contracted the sickness. On the other hand, the position on North Shore has shown a marked improvement during the past few weeks. The long period of summer weather is considered to have lowered the people's vitality, rendering them liable to illness with a sudden change of seasons.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23515, 1 June 1938, Page 16
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