INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1927, Page 9

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC

THE POSITION IN EUROPE MANY DEATHS OCCUR IN ENGLAND YOUNG AND AGED MOSTLY SUFFER By Tslegrapb.—Pre : Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Minister of Health, the Hon. J. A. Young, has received a cablegram from the High Commissioner stating that the influenza figures shew an increase in the number of deaths in England. In 105 great towns, including London, deaths numbered 326 for the week ending January 15. Deaths in the County of London numbered 137, and in greater London 233. Notifications of pneumonia totalled 1867, showing a slight decrease. So far London is chiefly affected by a mild type of the disease. Complications are rare and confined principally to children and the aged. On the Continent, there is practically no change. The disease is prevalent in France, in Switzerland it is decreasing, but Germany reports an increase in influenza cases, but generally of a mild type. Although Europe is generally affected, influenza is not prevalent in Austria or the Irish Free State, MAY REACH NEW ZEALAND. Christchurch, Jan. 22. Dr. Argyle, Chief Secretary and Minister for Public Health in Victoria, who was in Christchurch yesterday, speaking of the influenza outbreak in Europe, said that he was confident it would reach Australia and New Zealand. Whether it would be in a mild or virulent form he said he did not know.