INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1918, Page 2

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

DEATH IN SYDNEY QUAEAKOTB. Sjdney, lice- 20. A further do?..th from iufiuenza has. o<-ci:rr«d m the victim being Miss iiime, a natire of Dtmediir. A v-'ivoieis message states that there have beiiii 4000 deaths in the Samoa's grpap. , EE-PORTS PROM Suva, De?. £O. With regard to the influenza epidemic Suva is almost clean, some country districts are improving, while in others the disease is still virulent.The European deaths ?jumber about CO, hut it is impossible to estimate the Fijian and Indian mortality, which mU3t bo heavy.

OUTKREAK ON THE NAVAU. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Dee. 20. Influenza broke out on the Navau between San Francisco and Papeete. The lii'st death was K. F-dwards, a single seaman, whose parents live in Christchurch. lu quarantine at Papeete, J. .Penman, second engineer of the Maori, and two native members of the crew died. About 25 others were affected.

The natives oa the island were badly affected, and ran away and shut themselves in huts, where it is estimated 500 1 deaths occurred. The supply of drugs was limited, but was afterwards replenished irom arriving ships. All three doctors were down,

WELLINGTON FIGURES DOUBLED. Wellington, Dec. 20. The figures given by the Hon. G. W. Russell for deaths from influenza in Wellington, do not tally with others published- For November alone there were 721 burials, against C;t last year, whiehi for that month alone makes the deaths over 100 more than the Minister's statement. (The Registrar reported 554 deaths Irom influenza in Wellington from- October 1 to December 17.) );

TOTAk MAORI LOSS ABOUT 1000. Auckland, Dee. 20. Dr. Pomare, who has visited Maori kaingas westward of the Main Trunk railway, between Auckland and Wellington, and also in the King Country and Thames districts, estimates the influenza mortality amongst the Natives in that area, which includes the whole of the Taranaki province, at about 450. Probably the toll of is little short of 1000.

HONORING THE WORKERS. Cliristchurch, Dec. 20. The Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister for Internal Affairs, announces that instructions have been given to design a certificate for tho workers' influenza, campaign throughout the .Dominion. In connection with the cases where voluntary workers lost their lives in lighting the epidemic, the Hon. G. W. Russell suggests that the Government should erect tombstones in the same way as it erects soldiers' tombstones. Dunedin, Dec-. 20. The troopship Tofua, with a returning draft of 201, is due at Port Chalmers at 7 p.m. The men for north and south are expected to get away by fljtc express trains to-morrow morning. Christchurcli, Dec. 20. Dr. Chesson, health officer, refused to allow the Westport Trotting Club to hold its meeting on Boxing Day, owing to the number of influenza cases in the district.