INCIDENCE IN DOMINION
XEW YORK, July 18. Dr. Duncan Cook, of the Xew Zealand Departnieiit of Health,' told the lirst International Poiiomyelitis Conferenee. which closed yesterday, that Xew Zea iand's geographical isolatiou had been important in relation to the incidqnce of infectious diseases, but air travel had now broken this barrier and cqrtain infectioiis diseases could now more readily be introduced into the eountry. He admitted, however, that there was.* 110 evidence that poiiomyelitis had Iteen brought into Xew Zealand from outside. ' 1 Despitp an inereasing population, especially in the younger age groups, the attack rate in Xew Zealand has diminished witlt eaeh epiilemic, " he said.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 July 1948, Page 5
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