INFLUENZA AND VACCINATION.
(Per Press Asoclation.)
CHRISTCHURCH, May 8
The public's response to the offer. Of the authorities at the Christchurch Hospital to vaccinate against. Influenza at a small charge, or, if necessary, free, has been so dinappointing that the scheme to relieve a member of the medical staif from all other duties for four hours a daty will be, discontinued at the end of the week. Mr. Wharton, secretary of the Hospital Board stated to-day that the result of the experiment was disappointing sim-j-ply because the public would not take advantage of the authorities' scheme. In the Old Country vaccination had staved off general attacks of influeriza, and he was convinced it would do so here. The {public were awake to the necesWty for precautions. !
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7566, 9 May 1919, Page 6
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126INFLUENZA AND VACCINATION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7566, 9 May 1919, Page 6
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