INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 106, 29 January 1919, Page 5

INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES . DECLARED INFECTED DRASTIC COMMUNICATION RESTRICTIONS : By Jeleerejih-.Prese Associatidn-CopyrijtlU Melbourne, January 2f!. The federal quarantine authorities have declared New South Wales an iufected aren, and have imposed drastic ■restrictions regarding communication with other States. Two hundred suspicious case's are reported in the city—Press Assn. (Eec. January 28, 9.25 p.m.) Melbourne, January 28. Victoria lias been ueolared' infe , '*!, and steps have been , taken to quarantine the State. The number of cases - in tlie hospital is 327. liiero have been twentysix deaths. .Traffic between the infected States is permitted, but none ie allowed between infected and clean States—Press Sydney, January 26. Eighteen cases of.influenza are reported in the city.—Press Assn. (Kec. January 28, 9.25 p.m.) Sydney, January 28. Another case of influenza has teen sent to hospital. . The Governor has issued a proclamation closing libraries, schools, churches, theatres, public halls, and all places of indoor amusement. The inoculation depots are besieged and thousands of owple line Hw streets awaiting their turn. There is a great demand for masks, and stocks are boiiig quickly exhausted. The Governor set the example, and attended the cricket match wearing a ninsk.—Press Assn. SHIPPING PRECAUTIONS IN NEW , ZEALAND OVERSEAS VESSELS TO BE QUARANTINED. Restrictions on overseas ships ■ from Australia- are to be inipdsed by the Health Department in New Zealand at once, in view of the outbreak of dieease in Australia. The Minister of Public Health said yesterday that in view of the outbreak of in- 1 flutaza in Australia the Chief Health Officer had reported to him as Minister that all oversea vessels wriving in New Zealand from this date onwards should be quarantined for a period of twentyfour hours in order that thorough examination might be made With regard to all persons on board, to prevent any possibility of recrudescence-of the epidemic iii the Dominion. The Minister said thut he regretted the inconvenience that must be caused to the travelling public by this arrangemont, but this course was considered necessaryi because the Government could not take the risk of having another outbreak of the epidemic, in this country. Precautions would have to be taken. : ' ' ■