Horowhenua Still Free Of Paralysis Suspects
The boy infantile paralysis suspect admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital on Tuesday night fias now been fiiagnqseh as a r v cive case- The Horowhenua * trict thus continues' free of'eitfier mspected or positive cases. , A request to business and commercial inte.rests in the distript not . to employ children undefi the age of 16 'years for int£opr. jqbs during the present application of antiepidemic measures, was made* y'escerday by the acting District Medical Officer of Health, at Palmerston North, Dr. j. P. Kennedy. s It was usual toward the end of the school year for shqps, offices and factories to seek the services of school students during the vacation, he said, and it was quite evident that this year was no exGeption. To employ children in jobs where they came into contact with the general public, or where a number of people was congregated in one room or building, exposed • them to the risk of infection. Th'ere could be no objection to the outdoor employment of these children providefi tbere was no undue congregation, saib Dr. Kennedy. . w ^
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1947, Page 4
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184Horowhenua Still Free Of Paralysis Suspects Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1947, Page 4
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