CASES OF MILD TYPE
WELLINGTON, Dee. 10. Four positive cases of infantile paralysis and two suspieious cases are at present in the Wellington Hospital. One of the suspieious cases was admitted on Tuesday and the other today. All other suspected cases have been ruled out as cases of infantile paralysis and the District -Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Ilubert Smith, said today that some of them had been sent home. One case was diagnosed as positive but the total of these remains at four as oiie case previouslv diagnosed as positive had been fouud to be a case of a nonepidemic tvpe of meningitis. "So far tlie cases have fortunately been of a mild type, ' ' said Dr. Smith. Advice was also received by Dr. Smith today of two suspected cases in Nelson. They are two young children i in the same family.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1947, Page 4
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