NFLUENZA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 169, 11 April 1919, Page 8

NFLUENZA

CASES ON MOTUIHI

| POSITION WELL IN HAND ! TOTAL OF SIXTY CASfeS | •' : . | ~ OUTBREAK ON STEAMER j TARAWERA i . ■ | ./ By Telegraph—Press Association ! Auckland, April 10. L TWo were no fresh'cases of influenza ( on Motuilii up to 2 o'clock this afternoon, ' and the position appears well in hand. !; ■ There, are now CO ensos on the island all | tola; Tliree' of these are serious, and the remainder .are doing well. Twenty are 1 convalescent,, their temperature having | been normal for three or four days. Of i two nurses who contracted the disease, i one is almost convalescent, and the con- . dition of the other shows a slight ini- : provement. A large number of through passengers were landed yesterday, and others are I being landed to-day. r Dr. Valintino, who arrived in Auckland j / this morning, in the course of-an interI : view said'ihe : Australian passengers rere f all to be landed to-day. 'Directly this i was done fumigation' of the vessel would j begin, only a' sufficient number of the : crew remaining on board to assure the i safety of the vessel. With regard to I statements that had been made that in ! the five mouths that had elapsed since : the last outbreak the Public Health Dej • partment had done nothing in the vay i of making quarantine provision on the \ island, this was absolutely untrue. 1 Directly Cabinet approval was given for j ' tin erection of tho necessary buildings j the matter was placed in the hands of ' tlw Public Works Department, and but j for the arrival of the Niagararlast v-eek | . men to carry out the work would have !'■ been actually on the ground. The piof posal was to put ui> six 6heds, each to i accommodate 30 patients, and a large ' store, while provision was also to lie niade ; for a water supply of 500,000 gallons. . j ,' STATEMENT bTtHE MINISTER. I ' The Minister of Public Health (Hon. G. j W. Eussell). reported last night that no, !.-■ further cases, of influenza had been _ ref.. ported from the Niagara or Motuilii Is- |' land yesterday, and all the patients were progressing satisfactorily ._ The weather ■ interfered with tho landing)of the passengers and crew, but the absence of sick- | 'less made that no cause of delay in clear- : ine the. ship.- \ ■/' The Chief Health Officer (Dr. ValinI tine) telegraphed the Minister last night i'-nt in all imh.-i'iilitv the priority'of 'the New Zealand pasengers by the Nii njjara would be discharged from qiiaafln- ! tine to-day, and arrangements we're being ; 'made-accordingly. OUTBREAK IN AUCKLAND THE LATEST FIGURES. : ~■• The. .Minister, stated last night that ;' from noon on Monday until lioon yestcr- ; (lay (three days) twenty-seven- cases of in- ' ,'fluenza were reported in the Auckland i Hospital District, three of which (in the 1 -Waik'ato) were severe, and one had terminated fatally. All tho rest were mild, i including eleven.cases in Auckland City. During the same period six cases, all mild, were reported in the Otago Hospital • Distriot, and three in Canterbury (including two mild cases in the one fam- ; ily). / . ! '• - SEGREGATION OF/SEVERE CASES. The Minister of Public Health has aski ed the Chief Health Officer (Dr. Valin- : tine) to report at once on the desirability ! of segregating all severe cases in hospitals I \ in order to prevent- the spread of infection. \. , ■ f: TWO MORE STEAMERS AFFECTED " £l ; ' jV TARAWEEA AND KOROMIKO. S, The Minister ; WSS, advised last night y that a mild case' : of'influenza had been r discovered on the Tarawera at Oamaru Wednesday, and the ship had gone to'.Tim'aru'. Dr. .Talbot, Port' Health 'Officer at Timaru, telegraphed last even;.';.'ihg:.l'hat two cases of influenza had been | discovered on the Tarawera, one mild and i' one severe (with chest symptoms). Both had been removed to the hospital The ; steamer had been ordered on to Lyttoli ton, and will there anchor in the stream ■ pending developments. . Dr. Chesson, Port Health Officer ! at : LyttClton, reported late last night that ; the 1 .Union' Company's steamer Koromiko i" had-arrived'there from Nowcastle (New I Smth Wales; with two oases of influenza : ,'oii hoard. The slup has been quarantine • .pd;.and will be inspected this morning. ' . ' THREE MILD CASES.'" By Telegraph-Press Association. Timaru, April 10. The. Tarawera arrived this morning ! from' -Bluff and Oamaru to load for Auckland. ,v /(.'wo'Cases-of,, influenza are report- ' ,®d. among the crew—a steward und a ;. -Bailor.'" The vessel anchored out, and was ! 'visited/by the Health Officer, Dr. Talbot. The 1 patients are reported to be suffering ■ ' 'from slight attacks of influenza, and the ;• Health Officer has ordered their removal I to Timaru Hospital. The Tarawera sail- ! Ed at 12.30 p.m. for Lyttelton, where she j will be quarantined. 'While the steamer | was in Oamaru yesterday one of the en- ; gino-room' staff, with' n' mild attack, was ! removed, to. Oamaru Hospital, j INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA : MORTALITY SINCE THE OUTBREAK. ' (Heo. April 10, 10.5 p.m.) , Melbourne, April 10. !• Sicca the ontbreak of influenza in Vicj tcria 12,672 cases havo been reported, and • 803 deaths. recorded.—Press Assn.