INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2690, 9 February 1916, Page 6

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

. 7-*- — TWO CASES IN THE CITY ONE DEATH REPORTED Two cases of infantile paralysis .in Wellington have been, reported to" the Health authorities. One child, who was ;• admitted to the- 'Wellington Hospital : about a week' ago, died there on Thuirs-, : day last. It is stated, that'tthe' patient i was practically in a dying condition' i when, admitted to. the institution. It , is understood, that the deceased camo ' to Wellington from tho Auckland dis- • trict some six -or''seven weeks ago. Another case, now -under private ' treatment, has been reported, this week. Isolation is being insisted upon in each ;' case.; Infajitile paralysis is so named as the i 'disease has the effect of paralysing ah ; arm or, a limb, or in some'cases both arms and limbs; In most cases, which \. have 'been .treated '-in': Auckland, .'the : . paralysis has been' of a transient lia-- ; • ture. The outbreak in Auckland showed the I epidemio to be sporadic in character.. ; ' Isolated cases occurred in widely-sep- : , irated : districts, and at' considerable distanoes apart in the country, no rej lation between cases being established. ■ Strangely enough, the majority of the j : cases did not occur in the most thickly- ; populated parts of the City. : . . _ The Public Health Department's "staff ; is on the alert, in connection with the outbreak in Wellington, and a leaflet ; on the subject of the' disease is to be issued shortly for the 'guidance of parents ajid others connected- with the i- tyell-being of children. TEN FRESH CASES REPORTED. ■ By TeleEraDh.—Press Association. ' - ' Auckland, February 8. Ten cases of infantile'paralysis wero , [eported in the province,'-'making . a i Sotal of one hundred and' fifteen—five , were in the city and five in the coun- ■' try. From the. city there have now ; been 80 cases and 35 in the country. Dne death, has occurred at Hnntly of a : . ?hild of under ton.