INFLUENZA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16175, 11 July 1923, Page 5

INFLUENZA.

: MANY CASES IN THE SOUTH. .Per Press Association.! DUNEDIN, last night. ' The influenza po'sition has not ini- ; proved; 7;^: |uay it littlei worse. The numbered noti- 1 ■ locations', for. the 24 hours ended noon . 10-day were: Qtugo i*S, Sou'thland 3, Wallace 2. There; was <j>ne Ideath onMonday. Work'in the' Government' departments is being seriously , ham- \ pere.d, though tlie municipal staffs have - been more fortunate. Warehouses are not as badly affected as factories, in ■which the absence of men who are connecting links, is causing much disorganisation. All tho city primary r.ehools are keepmg open, but some in the country have closed. The re-open-ing of the Boys' High School has been postponed for another day. TIMAKU, last night. A mild form of influenza is very • prevalent amongst school children in Timnnij so much so that the Boys' High School was closed at noon to-day till. Monday next, there being 100 ab- ' s< ii tees. 20 beinsr boarders. In the

Girls' High School the absentees were about 10 per cent., but it was not considered necessary to close the school. The Tiinaru Main (primary) had 105 o.ff yesterday, but the attoudanec was slightly better to-day. Other town schools haye experienced the epidemic to a much less degree. , (Special to the Herald.) CHRISTCHURCH; this day. "I consider that Jthe present outbreak, as far as severe cases are concerned, is reasonably held," Dr. Telford, District Health Officer, announced, yesterday, "but I think it wil be subjected to slight daily variations, and that it will take at least three weeks for the danger to disappear completely." , Dr. Telford has issued the following instructions to parents. Parents must not allow children under 16 years of ago to attend picture shows or any other public gatherings day or night. - 'lf this instruction is not complied with he says he will have no other course than to enforce it by statutory measures. Two cases of pneumonic influenza .were reported in the city. yesterday. . ■::■ *