Outbreak of Disease
(per united pkbss association.) Wellington, This Day. On Saturday morning there was an outbreak of septicoemia, or blood poisoning, in the two surgical wards of the hospital. The disease was traced to a case of puerperal fever, from which the patient died in twenty-four hours. Every precaution was taken to prevent the spread of the disease, but it increased, and last night Dr Chilton, the medical officer, was compelled to discharge all such cases to their own homes, and to close the surgical ward. The infectious cases have been strictly isolated, but it is feared they are in very grave danger. Later. The patient suffering from puerperal fever was admitted to the -hospital by mistake; but how it occurred has not transpired. The patient died eight hours after admission. The other two patients who have been attacked by blood poisoning are in a critical condition. The Col. Secretary Juts given instructions to tne medical auperintendant to use every endeavor to stamp out the disease. Meanwhile the Government are having hospital tents erected in the grounds, for the convenience of patients who cannot be removed to their homes for treatment, and for reception of urgent cases.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 105, 19 February 1885, Page 3
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198Outbreak of Disease Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 105, 19 February 1885, Page 3
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