INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 115, 8 February 1919, Page 7

INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA

i VICTORIAN AUTHORITIES APATHY " AROUSES PUBLIC OPINION 3 x 1.~ ; — . NEW .ZEALAND NURSES 1 TELEGRAPHED FOR 3•. , . ] • By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright - _ Sydney, February 7. s A case'of influenza is reported at ■ Ardlethan. ■ ! As a result of the influenza epidemic ! restrictions, twentj>thousand people are - idle.—Press Assn.' ... ' ■ (Rec.-February 7, 10.20: p.m.) J Sydney, February 6. j The Government is preparing a moratorium scheme applying to persons af, ■ fected 'by the influenza-restrictions. A . preliminary vote of ,£10,0(10 will ba"avail- ; able immgJiately . to-relieve.distress. The. Government, maintains, a rigorous attitude in-the endeavour to. prevent furi ilier infection from Victoria, whero pub. . lie opinion is']jeing aroused against the [ .apathy of-the authorities. . The. deaths , and cases continue to increase,, "yet the officials jremaiin unruffled.,. Many of the Advisory Board's recommendations' have not been adopted, arid'.others ere.hot rigoro'usly enforced.. The disease appears to be evenly spread over the! whole of ( Victoria; .. • • .; •: A Federal-order is only now. prescub- _ iijg tho . .isolation of .all overseas ships, including those which have previously called at infected ports in Australia. Country meetings are now . prohibited. ' .In .New."South Wales, there, is a great exodus to the mountains'and seaside resorts.—Press, Assn. 1 Melbourne, February 7. """There are 220 new influenza cases', and eighteen ' deaths are , reported.—Press .. Assn. ■ (Rec. February 7,-10.20 p.m,)- . . Melbourne, February 7. There-were ten deaths and thirty-three new.cases reported to-day. Owing, to the scarcity of .nurses tho Health De, partment has telegraphed to '.New Zealand for fifty—Press 'Assn. ■ ' Adola'ide,- February 7. There are;now fifty-nine influenza . cases.—Press Assn. V. VALUE o™ MASK A DOCTOR COMMITTED FOR, TRIALJ ■ . (Rec. February 7, 10.20 p.m.) • Sydney,-Februarr6. Conflicting opinions as to the value of the mask against-infection, resulted in Dr. George Fox being committed for trial for refusing to w£ar a niask. He main-, tained that breathing vitiated' air was. causing serious consequences among patients, particularly those inclined to tuberculosis; also that infection was'just as possible throjigli tho eyes. Dr. Paton considers that if a mask is properly cleaned' tho wearer does not breathe the air that has been exhaled. Press Assn. THECAUSEMLUENZA ' & BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ESTAB- .. LI SHED. ' (Rec. February 7, .7.15 p.m.) London, February 6. The highest Army auedical authorities are preparing a report by Army 'doctors in France, which is believed to have established'the cause of influenza, which up to the present has baffled bacteriologists .—Aus.-N.Z. Catye Assn. - - ,