INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 108, 31 January 1919, Page 5

INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA

NUMBER OF CASES INCREASING ASSEMBLAGES RESTRICTED By Telegraph—Preee Association—Copyright Sydney, January 30. There are six new cases of influenza in the city. ■ . The Minister of Health states that the position is very reassuring. The Government is establishing a relief scheme for people who are placed in necessitous circumstances as the Tesult of the outbreak.—Press Assn. ■ ■ ■ (Rec. January 30, 10.20 p.m.) ; Sydney, January 30. Four new cases of influenza were reported to-day. Large numbers of people . are already wearing masks. A proclamation restricts' assemblages in hotels and clubs where less than 250 cubic feet of air space for each person exists. Another proclamation establishes seven days' quarantine against travellers from Victoria.—Press Assr.. . . . . ';. ■ ■ Melbourne, January 30.' There are eighty-four new cases of infliieDza in the city, making a. total of 442. Two more, deaths are reported, bringing thfi total to thirty-five.—Press Afisn. ■■•■.' ■' (Rec. January 30, 10.20 p.m.) ■•' ■■■• Melbourne, January 30. , ' There 'have been three more deaths from influenza.—Pr,ess Assn.-. CONCESSIONS DEMANDED BY SEA- ■ MEN. ■■ .' Sydney, January 30. ■The geamen have refused to man the Bombala unless they are granted concessions similar to those made by the Union Company.—Press Assn. ...