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INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA

FRESH CASES IN MELBOURNE OUTBREAK BELIEVED TO BE EPIDEMIC By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Melbourne, January 24. Fourteen fresh cases of influenza have been admitted' to. hospital. The •disease is obtaining greater virulenco with each fresh infection. The Diroc-. tor of Quarantine states that there is not sufficient evidence that tho outbreak "is Spanish influenz!) to justify' declaring the. State an infeete'd area. — Press Assn. ' (Rec: January 24, 11.50 p.m.) ' "Melbourne, January 24. The authorities are taking all necessary precautions, and inoculation depots- have been established. Several fresh cases were reported to-day. 'There' are now fifty-nino in hospital. It is officially thought that the. disease is of tho local type, but'with increasing epidemic properties.—Press Assn. (Rec. January.24, 10.45 p.m.) Melbourne, January 24. - At a conference of the Commonwealth and State Ministers, Mr. W. A. Watt (Acting-Prime Minister) said that as far as information wont tho outbreak seemed to be epidemic, but not the epidemic. The chairman of the Board of' Health stated that, tests were incomplete, but there was reason to hope it was a. virulent form of local influenza, not caused by a foreign' germ.—Press Assn. A' HUNDRED CASES UNDER : TREATMENT. • (Rec. January 25, 1.20 a.m.) Melbourne, January 24. • A' hundred' influenza cases are under' .treatment.—Press Assn. ' . THE .ISOLATION AGREEMENT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ASKED ' TO ENFORCE IT. " (Rec. January 24, 10.45 p.m.) Sydney, January 24. While awaiting Federal action regarding the inHuenza outbreak-at Victoria, the New South Wales Govern-' mont has taken the precautionary step of.'placing medical patrols at the border stations of Albury. The Minister of Health (Hon, J. D. Fitzgerald) summed up tho position by stating:— "No doubt people . in Victoria , are dying v of a deadly disease. I'.'don't : care whether it is Spanish influenza or what it is, As long as it kills people we must take' the utpiost precautions." _ In view of this, Mr. W. A. Holnian* ("Premier of New South Wales)" asked the, Federal authorities to enforce .the agreement between the Commonwealth" and'the States.—Press Assn.,[Under the agreement referred to ■Victoria can-be declared an infected y t(itOj arid all land traffic with other States, with the exception of goods andmp.ifs, be suspended, whilo intcr-Stp.te secTtraffic will bo permitted only under the strictest quarantine.] •

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 7

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INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 7

INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 7

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