INFLUENZA SCOURGE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10313, 24 January 1927, Page 5

INFLUENZA SCOURGE

VICTORIAN HEALTH MINISTER’S VIEW.

OUTBREAK WILL REACH N.Z AND AUSTRALIA.

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 22

Dr. Axgyle, Chief Secretary and Minister for Public Health in Victoria, was in Christchurch yesterday. Speaking of the influenza outbreak in Europe, Dr Argyle said he was con iident it would reach Australia and New Zealand. Whether it Would be in a mild or virulent form he said he did not know.—P.A. DISEASE SPREADING IN ENGLAND. INCREASE IN DEATH RATE. WELLINGTON, Jan. 23. The Minister of Health has received a cablegram from the High Commissioner stating that ‘the iniiuenza figures show an increase in the number of deaths. In England in 105 great towns, including London, the deaths totalled 326 for the week ended January 15.' The deaths in the County of London were 137 and in Greater London were 233. The notifications of pneumonia are 1867, showing a slight decrease. So far as London is chiefly affected, the type of disease is mild. Complications are rare and are confined principally to children and the aged. On the Continent practically no change is prevalent. In France and Switzerland influenza cases are decreasing, but Germany reports an increase but generally of a mild type. Although Europe is generally affected influenza is not prevalent in Austria and the Irish Free State.—P.A.