INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18364, 23 April 1925, Page 8

INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

LATEST NOTIFICATIONS. i During the twenty-four hours ended noon yesterday, only one case of suspected infantile paralysis was notified: Girl, 2 years 11 months, Cheviot. The case notified 'on Monday lastGirl, 2$ years, Westport—has been definitely diagnosed as positive. A Press Association message from Wostport reports the death of the patient.

OTAGO CASES. (fress association tkhqeam.) DUNEDIN, April 22. The case of a boy who_ was admitted to the Hospital as a suspect has proved to be positive. A boy, aged four, from Clinton, has been admitted to the Dunedin Hospital as a suspect. DOMINION NOTIFICATIONS. (raESS association tei-borAM.) WELLINGTON, April 22. The following notifications of cases of infantile paralysis have been received by tho Health Department for the twenty-four hours ending 9 a.m. today : _Whangarei 1, Morrinsville 1, Timaru 1, Cheviot I,' Waverley 1, Dunedin 1. AUCKLAND DOCTORS' REPORTS. CASES TREATED DURING EPIDEMIC. (SrECUL TO "IHE PBBS3.'') AUCKLAND, April 22. Reporting on the infantile paralysis epidemic to tho Hospital Board, Dr. K. Machy said the* 116 Pases liad - beea admitted to hospital. There had been 23 deaths. -Six patients had let* with no responsibility resting on the Board, while there were 10 out-patients; 10 patients were reporting periodically, 10 were completely discharged, and 46 still in hospital. Of these 40 cases, all were improving, while, 13 were expected to recover completely; 15 wuld have permanent minor paralysis and 18 permanent major paralysis. Dr W. Gilmour, bacteriologist at the hn=nital," reported that at tho commencement of the epidemic tho only specific treatment available was by mlecVions of serum from patients who had previously buffered from the disease In aJI ' b ' ood va * ODtAin6d from 33 donor ß - Toward tho end of March i small supply of a scrum from the Pasteur Institute, Paris, was supplied hv the Health Department, but ip had been available for only one or two cases. The examination of cerebrospinal fluid had been carried out, In most cases it had proved p. valuable aid to diagnosis especially in suspect cases and m di-Yineuishing' between infantile par.,ivSis"and meningitis. Post-mortem ' sall ,inations were made in 22 Li oiiite t\ number of eases the cause nf death would have been in doubt without an oxamination. Iho spinal cords from fata] cases had furnished the principal material f or research or jj. Attempts to grow a microbe yj«d so far proved unsuccessful, although many attempts had beeu made on T» r ' olis *ypo a °f media> The reason for that plight be that, as had beon pointed out, the microbe appeared not to survive long in the central nervous system. _...__"'