INFLUENZA.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17779, 30 January 1920, Page 5

INFLUENZA.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS EXTENDED. A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. (Per Press Association.) Jan. 29. Owing to .the prevalence of mild influenza the Public Health Department has decided to ask the public and private schools in Auckland and Wellington and Taranaki districts to remain closed tor the present instead of reopening next week. Dr. Makgili, acting chief health officer, states that this must not be interpreted as meaning that the epidemi • is assuming a more serious type. The proportion of pneumonic and more severe cases is, if anything, lower than «t was a month ago. Parents whose children are at present at summer resorts would, he says, he well advised to leave them there for another week, if possible. ‘ It is equally desirable that children be Jscpt away from crowds of all sorts, picture and other theatres, and like gatherings. NOTIFICATION IN NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON, Jan. 29. The influenza notifications between January 22nd and 26th were Auckland, 71 mild and 4 severe; Wellington, 93 mild. 3 pneumonic, and 2 severe; Canterbury, 14 mild, 1 pneumonic; Otago. 7 mild, 2 pneumonic. AUCKLAND, Jan. 29. The Public Health Department has issued a notice that all private schools be left closed till further notice, purely as a preliminary measure CHRISTCHURCH PRECAUTIONS. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 29. The Public Health Department is issuing an order that all scholars arriving in this island are to be quarantined at their schools for forty-eight hours before being allowed to mix in the classes or otherwise with the local scholars. NELSON, January 29. At the request of the Public Health Department, the re-opening of the Nelson Boys and Girls’ Colleges, and the schools in the Nelson Education Board’s district has been, postponed for . one week. LOCAL St HOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED. The Wanganui Education Board has received a communication from the Health Department closing all the schools of the district until further notice. this being a precautionary measure against the spread of influenza which has appeared in a mild form at other centres . It is not known for how long the dosing restriction will continue, but its immediate effect will he that the schools will not re-open after the summer holidays until Monday, February 9th. The above restrictions will also extend to the secondary schools under the Board's jurisdiction. including the Wanganui Technical College, where, in the meantime, the opening date has been extended to February 10th. Presumably the Girls’ College will also follow suit.