CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14054, 26 July 1916, Page 5

CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.

FATAL CASES AT, CAMPS. NO F^AR OF, EIPIDEMip. , : (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.). ; ' -WELLINa^bN, -Vlua i day. Dr Thackei* aakbd" the Minister whether,' iii VWw b'f cas'&of tare'brospinal 'meningitis' at ' v Fe^thefston' and Treiltharn. 'c'amp^^ life iebiild : definitely' state tfifere wfts-' i no'<iangeV i of a similar serifcms position arising 'as occurred la^t' year? ltf ; '"' ■ '' ' ' "'v " "■'■'■' l'" .'"'' : M!r. Allen replied that as far as human jqdjpientf dould ; ioret^l;^thei'b was ''not tM-Tslightest chance "bf :;a, siinilar"oocur : re'rice; 'toi'ere had rioi been 'a 7 case' of cerebrp-sjiihal ■ rdeiiingitis in'Trehtliam' for eigst*monins iintfl- 'Monday ot" the 'day before, 'and 'that > v '<Jase' WaV a curious bfte. 'The'.'msn' weht'lnt'b with ordinary influenza.' " He 'was ; : 'discharged aM .w6lL > and[^ r tWq v ' day's later waa • taken attain to hospital' with 1 a l ''hi£h templerattire/ a;nd ( "%^ T the'ii "found r to agyeiop c^refbrpr'^iriat ' ineningitte. Bn^rtu'iiatel^ tb.e man ..^iihjri ' ten' minutes , of. the - KhjJwle^ge^.that' 1 it was a;'ica^e u^of > 'suspec!^"d all thtf wleri- f in tJie isblatJedi 'while' dis-' inf Action, ' f and all-possible' precautions. were v taken .to 'prevent furtner "infec"-'' ticjh 1 '- THe* main fli; ; iiuestipn''b*ily l entered. tHeV 1 cariip ! three weeW- ! previously;' l ' ahd as the, period of incubation might bY up. to' 4 bn# r n^dred; 'datys^ifc Was quite possible %he jAan' 1 carried th& 'disease ini!6" c^p^witttr Wi^ rv '^Th& J ''-!^Kliißtw" addM tfiat' tftj-sftj' hatf"T>een %wo oase^r at Feathefpon hanging": on" ; f6r Abme "aaysr OAif} case, there had' also 'unfortunately' eiitJed. I ' f dtally. on 'Ihe saihe 'a^'aa^the Tfentham 7;i man ! diedV Ti-eca-iitions had been' I '- taken ;i at -FeathferstdfiT' & v «t iVe^fchani! 1 'fhe maY Who died at tr*»t]^ftß ! had coihe fttrth Auckjahd, but he'djdtihot where H?he B!eatherst»'n && tame frbm. v 'thihk tKe -'public; caii' ! b,e i: 'funy ll aj^ured ; ' that everything. ' tbift can tee •^cloiie ? is :!l befti'g 'done ; by' thef. m^dicftl* Officers" ; at boijh 1 * to pre- ' veri¥ an epidenlid'," 'said Mr* Allen. ■ r