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INFLUENZA

| EPIDEMIC NOT GAINING ! HEAUTH STATEMENT ! IRRITATING ANTISEPTICS. S CONpEMNED ! * BLOCK SYSTEM FOR DOCTORS^

•■ .Information available yesterday" sup- \ ports'tho idea that the influenza epi--1 demic is aot gaining ground in AVodmg- : ton.' ' Manv fresh' cases, of course, have been reported, and there have been sad ;• additions to the death roll,'but so many. I serions cases had been gathered during j last week that deaths were expected. The majority cf tho patient? now being admitted to hospitals are said to be in i-■ a ■ less serious condition' than were the ; earlier admissions.. Moreover, much at- \ tention is,boinj; given people in their own ;■ homes, and tho number of cases to be- !•■ come serious is therefore diminishing. ! The Health Officer, Dr. Makgill, made '< a.statement.to'a Dominion reporter yes- '. lerday to the effect that .the indications ' are that the disease is being got under : : in Wellington. He was very hopeful i that' all would be well., . "There are ; many, serious cases, and there will be ' more deaths," he addid, "but things now ; seem to be going well. Buck up and be '■ cheery. Tho epidemic is lessening. The , great thing, is .to keep from crowding ■ together, and get out in- the open. ; ' ' Little Businass Doing. f- Many shops and offices were closed yes- ; terday, and the streets were at times i nearly deserted."- Little ; business 'is : being done, and tho people are evidently <•'. avoiding crowds and the city as much as I' they can. /For at least a week ahead there will ' be very little doing in the city, as addii tional closing-down decisions are being . arrived at, almost hourly. The curtaili ment of the transport services also is !.'■ making for the "deadening" of things in i general. , I 'IFormalin Does More Harm Than Good." ':■ r Dr. Makgill made to a Dominion rer \ porter, ylsterday a statement of great ;' ' importance to thousands of citizens. It i amounts to' a condemnation "of the use ' of formalin by individuals, and would I affect any of the inhalation chambers ; . which use it. ■ . ' , '. : He says: "The use of irritating antii septics, such as formalin, is. to be deprei cated owing to the fact that they cause ; irritation' and rawness of the mucous ! membrane, and therefore induce bac- ■ terial trouble. Formalin especially has '•« been used, and is'-causing a great deal, rof unnecessary, suffering. For two or i three vears noV in military camps ex- !■ periments havebsen carried out, and'the , only satisfactory thing found is a 2 per ;. cent: solution of sulphate of zinc used in ; a/ steam spraying apparatus. /At the 1 same time, other things are not- to be j- despised, such as. washing the throat : with a weak solution of, table salt, or_ : - a weak boracie solution, or other reme- : dies of a like nature. Such applications should soothe rather than irritate.' j" Otherwise they. do more harm than ;'-gqod.". Trentham's Latest Healthy Report.

No news from Featherston Military '• Camp was received yesterday owing to telegraph lines being down. The report ■'■■ from Trentham Camp shows a great falling off of fresh cases. After yesterday morning's sick parade the following statement was issued from Trentham :— Paraded sick ...,..\ .'.'. 4 Admitted to hospital 4 Influenza cases ; 4 In hospital .'; 1564 : ( Influenza cases 1382 ! BLOCK SYSTEM FOR DOCTORS SCHEME AGREED TO. ■'"•' The allocation of doctors to districts is the subject of the following proposals, : which have been submitted by the Minister to the medical profession:— 1. That the whole administration of \- the scheme and the allocation of districts be left to the medical men. ' v--2. That each doctor be entitled to attend to all his own urgent private cases, wherever they may be. ' .-■■ 3. That patients who are not urgent cases to surrender their doctors ..for the-present. _ . . : i. That doctors concentrate their ati<.. tention as far as possible on the influ- !-' ,enza. epidemic. I':.-,! It is not expected that all the medical : men Will come into the scheme at first, ;i but the Minister is confident that the ;■ pressure-of public opinion will soon in-'I ; .duce most of them to step into line. [Mr. Russell, desires the medical men to <.-.'. be assured that none of them .will suffer '• financially' by cpming info 'tho sehome. ; He suggests, that 'when'• things ■ are nor- '■; •'; mal, a committe.e of the British Medical !■ '• Association, together with the responI Bible officers of the Health Department, i : fibftll fix a. basis of-honoraria. for the' i public services rendered: In making this j- suggestion the Minister expresses his I high appreciation of the sorvi'ces that • ..fiave been rendered and are being ren- ! dered by the medical practitioners of the Dominion without the slightest finan-" >~ -cial consideration. Ho stages that, al- ! -though the doctors-themselves have not |; raised the question,-it is .only just that j" .those who are "making such tremendous j"-".efforts-to assist the country shouljl'not j:' be put to financial loss. ;.■"•'" l Meeting of Medical Men. I •' 'All the medical men who could posi sibly manage it mot the Minister of :. ■ Public Health and the Mayor at noon 1 -yesterday, and agreed to the proposal ;.' ■ to work on a blocking system, subject ; to the provisions above' set; forth. , I. ■■ following are the districts which have been blocked together by Bf. Fyffe, the doctors allocated to them, md the telephone numbers that will find responsible people at the othor end by those needing, the services of a medical '.'■■ man:—

', Newtown, Island Bay, and Berham-pore.—-Drs. Kemp, Perkins, and Lino. Telephones: Island Bay and Berhampore, 4191; Newtown, 3556. Kelburn, Northland, and Karori.—Drs. M'Evedy, Fyffo, Patorran, and 'Platts--Mills (Karori bnly). Telephones: Kelburn. 2754; Karori, 3701 (1 short, 1 long); Northland, 1307.

Centra!.—Drs. Gilmer, Ewart, andßawapn. Telephone; 4123.

Wellington East. Hataitai, and Roseneath —Drs. Shjnd, Elliott, and Gibbs, Telephones: Wellington East, 445 a; Roseneath, 998 a; Hntjitai, 477.

Kilbirnie, and Miramar.—Drs. M'Kenzio and Pattie. Telephones: Kilbirnie. 2G23; Lyall Bay, 2601; Miramar. 3783 (2 rings); Scatoun, 3707 (1 long, 1 short).

Brooklyn, Yogeltown, and Johnsnnville.—Drs. Robertson and Fyffe. Telephone. 2392. Ngato, Khandallah, and Kaiwnrra.— Drs. Hardwick Smith and Young. Telephones- Khandallah, 374?,- Ngaio,' 4593; Kniwarfa, 1976. '

Thorndon and Wadestowu.—Drs. Henry and Harty. Telephone, 4613.

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 46, 19 November 1918, Page 6

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INFLUENZA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 46, 19 November 1918, Page 6

INFLUENZA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 46, 19 November 1918, Page 6

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