TYPHOID CLAIMS NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Chronicle (Levin), 7 November 1947, Page 2

TYPHOID CLAIMS NUMBER OF PEOPLE

OI lUS'IVHrKOI, ,\'ov. (j. A t-aFc qf siispoct o(l typlioid h.vvr j lia.s oc-furrcd u1 Ihe Christchurch Cily jCouiicil's transit caiup at Harewood.. Tlic patieut , a littlc girl, was Ihoughl to he sull'ering t'ruiu rhouniatic fewr when shc was Jirsl admitted to Ihe Christclmrcli public hospilal and liaviug a])pareatly reeovered was seiu hoiue agaiu. Being taken ill agaia she was roadmitted to hospital yestordny and a.bacteriological tcsl disclosed the preseitce of the typhoid gerin. Xeithcr the child nor lier parents have visited Kaikoura recentlv aiui as I'ar as ea ti be ascerl.uned s!ie has uol beeu" in eontact with anvone froni Kaikoura. Anotber suspected case of lyphoi'J fe.ver was .uotified in Kaikoura yesterday, bringing tlie total suspected caac.since the epideinic started to 61. The number of confirmed cases ( 30 ) v. a s unelninged yeatnrday. A house kf-housc survev of tlie. lowu by the "Medical Otticer of Health (Dr. .T. 11. Blaeklock ), Jiis assistanl (I)r. D. B. Kennedy) and two Department of Health inspectors, was today completed, but it was not possible to announce anv results. The main purpose of the survev was to timi persous who niight havtv-typhoid fever witlumt knowing it. It was also lioped to fmd any persous who were sick and who had not reported their sickness, The doctors and inspectors are also collecting evidence which tliey tliink will confirm the Department 's opinion about the souree of the infection. Ten patients were brought to the Burwood Hospital from the Kaikoura Hospital yesterday.