INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2714, 8 March 1916, Page 6

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

SIX CASES REPORTED YESTERDAY , ANOTHER CASE IN THE CITY Another case of infantile paralysis is reported ill the city—in the Newtown : end. In all, six notifications were re- , ceivod by the Department yesterday—3 ; (it Gisborne, lat Wellington, lat Palmerston, and lat Foxton.. This is the, first occasion on which a/caso lias been reported: from Palmerston. Dr. Sydney Smith (District Health ;■ Officer), who returned to Wellington yesterday:' morning from Gisborne and iWairoa, where he has been making'investigations into the complaint, says- ; thq.t there had been a fairly serious out-. ; break at Gisborne, comprising about ■ . thirty cases : and three deaths. All the i casos had been isolated in hospital, and i contacts had also been isolated. Schools -and Sunday schools had been closed for a fortnight, and children had been excluded from picture houses during the • same period.. .. Tho 'town was' being V cleaned up and' the streets' sprayed regularly with so a water and disinfectant. It had been found that;most of the cases had occurred in a, fairly circumscribed area' of the worst quarter of the town, and an examination of the various places allowed that they, were not in a very sauitary condition. In the majority of cases there was distinct' - paralysis. Mostly children were at- .- tacked, .though .adults up. to twentynine years of 'age were included in the. cases. .: , At'Wairoa there had been ail out- ' break of typhoid, which Dr. Smith in- . vestigated. .This outbreak -could, be regarded as finished. It had been most- ;. ly confined to Maoris.' '' " " ' In order 'to enable disinfecting work to,be carried .out, the-Mount Cook Girls' School was dosed yesterday. The . other two schools in the same, district will also be. closedfor a. day or two in turn this week, for tho same purpose. The Hoard-:ofi Education., explains,,that the work has been undertaken as 4" precautionary measure; • TWO OASES LN T DUNEDIN. By Telegraph—Pre©3 Association. - Ounco'ln, March 7.. Two cases, of infantilo paralysis wero ' reported in'Dutib'diii to-tlai;:-'' ' FATAL CASE AT ELTHAM. By. Telegraph—Press. Association. Eltham, March 7. A fatal case of infantile paralysis is reported—that of Timothy John M'Car- ■ thy, aged 33, a strong, vigorous farmer, who died after only two days' illness. THE AUCKLAND" EPIDEMIC ' NINE FATAL CASES. •By • Telegraph—Press Association..' : Auokland, March 17. Nino fatal cases of infantilo paralysis have been notified since noon yesterday, making the total fatal cases thirty-two; »nd the number of cases 333. The 2eath-rate has risen to 6 per cent.CASE AT TAUBANGA. . -. By Telegraph—Press Association. - Tauranga, March 7. ' A case of infantile paralysis is re,'ported at Maungatapu, a Native settlement near the town. The patient is a: . six months ' old Native child. On account of the present outbreak of infantile paralysis, the Napier Municipal Theatre has been disinfected by 'the council's employees, says the Napier: ".Telegraph.".