INFLUENZA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1588, 17 March 1919, Page 5

INFLUENZA.

CASES IN AUSTRALIA. VALUE OF INOCULATION. By Cabled—Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, March 1(1. Influenza, apparently assisted by the cool spell, continues to increase. The cases in New South. Wales during the past week numbered 97 compared with f>4 in the previous week. In support of the value of inoculation it is stated that two well-known doctors conducting bacteriological work used their own blood with the object of isolating influenza germs. Both had been inoculated, and when the germs were introduced into their blood the germs invariably died. They then secured the blood of a non-inoculated person in which the germs flourished. A Melbourne doctor states that he has seen no pneumonia in cases infected immediately after the first inoculation, and another says that be had not seen a bad case in previously inoculated persons. DEATHS IN SYDNEY.

(Rec March 17, 10.15) SYDNEY, Mr.rch 17. There were three deaths .from inlluenza during the week-end. IN MELBOURNE. (Rec. Mar. 17, 10.15) MELBOURNE, Mar. 17. Two additional deaths have occurred from influenza. RAVAGES IN ENGLAND. Australian, and N.Z. Cable Assoc.Ui.tinn. (Hoc. March 17, 11.10) LONDON, March 15. The influenza epidemic is waning in London, but is still rampant in the provinces. There were 300 deaths in Manchester last week, and 100 at Bolton. The grave-diggers at Manchester arc so hard pressed that relatives in some cases are assisting in making the graves.