INFLUENZA PATIENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16923, 11 April 1929, Page 5

INFLUENZA PATIENTS

MAUI POMARE OUTBREAK THE CREW'S QUARTERS “The quarters in which the crew of the Maui .Pomnre live when on that vessel have been described to me as simply appalling, and 1 have wired to the Prime Minister, Sir .Joseph Ward, asking that an independent inquiry lie made into the matter.” This statement was made by Mr. W. Wallace, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board. He added that a reply had come to hand from the Premier stating that inquiry would be made immediately. Mr. Wallace said that., in view of the information which had been placed before lvlm, he felt impelled to request that official investigations b.e made.

When the grounds upon which the Prime Minister has been asked for an inquiry were submitted to a prominent shipping authority lie said that he would be surprised if the living quarters on the Maui Pomnre were any worse than those which exist on most of: the vessels trading in New Zealand.

“finder the Board of Trade regulations,” he added, “every vessel of over 300 tons is required to have 120 cubic feet of air spare and LI square feet of lloor space per man. Before the Maui Romaic left Dublin about a year and a half ago she would be required by flic Board of Trade authorities to comply with these provisions, and on entering New Zealand waters the authorities here would see that the conditions were as required.” “All the patients are doing fairly well,” was the reply of Dr. C. E. Maguire, medical superintendent of the Auckland Hospital, when approached for information concerning the cases at “Cintra.” He said that three cases were more serious than the others, but on the whole the progress was satisfactory. “Influenza in a mild form is till through Auckland,” l)r. Maguire added, “and we have had several cases in the main hospital. W,e have also one or two nurses down with a mild form of influenza.”—Star.