FATAL PARALYSIS CASE IN AUCKLAND BRINGS DEATHROLL TO THREE
(P.A.) Auckland, Jan. 26. The third death from infantile paralysis in the South Auckland health district was reported today. The victim was a youth aged 17. The other fatal cases in the district, a boy aged 13 and an infant, occurred earlier in the month. There have now been 11 deaths since the outbreak began in the middle of November, the other eight having occurred in the Central Auckland district. No positive or suspected cases were admitted to the Auckland Hospital today and the hospital tally of 50 positive and five suspected cases was the same as at the week-end. A woman aged 35 has been admitted to the Waikato Hospital as a suspected case. Two suspects previously admitted have been proved to be negative. A child aged six months who was admitted to the Rotorua Hospital as a suspected case proved to be negative.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19480127.2.69
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, 27 January 1948, Page 5
Word Count
154FATAL PARALYSIS CASE IN AUCKLAND BRINGS DEATHROLL TO THREE Wanganui Chronicle, 27 January 1948, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.