INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13332, 22 March 1911, Page 2

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

(Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, -March 21

A boy, 5£ years old, son of Charles Talbot, of Walton Street, Sydenham, who on the 2pd inst. was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Bottle Lake, suffering from - scarlet fever, managed either to escape or to be decoyed away from the institution on Monday last, the 13th inst. The parents of the boy state that the little fellow arrived home on Monday last, having, according to his own statement, walked to town and then got a lift in a cart to Sydenham. The matron of the Bottle Lake Hospital, on the other hand, alleges that the boy was allured away, either by his parents or someone acting for them. Notice was served on the parents that unless the boy was returned to the Hospital action would be taken under subsection D of section 33 of the Public Health Act, which provides that “every person who wilfully disobeys an order or in any way obstructs or delays ,the prompt execution thereof is liable to a fine not exceeding iUO.” The child has not been returned to the Hospital, and the parents state that they have no intention of sending it back, though they arc quite willing to have it kept apart.