INFLUENZA.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16036, 29 January 1920, Page 5

INFLUENZA.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS EXTENDED.

A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.

(Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 29. Owing to tlie prevalence of mild influenza the Public Health Department hae decided to ask the public and private schools in Auckland and Welling ton and Taranaki districts to remain closed for the present instead of re* opening next week.

Dr. Makgill, acting chief health officer, states that this must not be interpreted as meaning that the epidemic is assuming a more serious type. The proportion of pneumonic and more severe cases is, if anything, lower than it was a month ago. Parents whose children are at present at summer resorts would, he says, be well advised to leave them there for another week, if possible. It is equally desirable that children be kept away from crowds of all sorts, picture and other theatres, and like gatherings.

I NOTIFICATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND

WELLINGTON, January 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, January 29.

The Public Health Department has issued a notice that all public and private schools be left closed till further notice, purely as a precautionary measure.