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WELLINGTON, Alarch 10. Speedy aetion tc reimpose the-' restiictioiis in iMartinb.oroug'h was taken diy the healtli authorities this after-' lioon following the receipt of advice that a suspeeted case of poliomyelitis from that town had been diagnosed as .positive. The patient, a nine-year-old b'irl who attended the ' Alartinborougii Hcliool, was admitted to the Masterton uospkal Ihe previous evening' as a stispicious case of infantile jiaralvsis and the diagnosis was coniirmed' as positive today. On recciving infornialion of this the District Aledical Officer of Health (Dr. J. P. Kennedv) imniediately issued 'an order cJosing the Martinborough Hcliool until further notice. He is also taking steps to have all Hunday scliools in Martinborough closed next Hunday and to reinstate the prohibition on the attendanee of children under l(i at pictures in that town. rhis case of infantile paralysis will be ! Gie lifth in Wairarapa.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1948, Page 5
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