TWO MORE CASES OF PARALYSIS
Hastin^Girl and Boy From Maraekakaho NAPIER SUSPECT
Two positive cases and ong suspected case of infantile paralysis were xeported in the Hawke's Bay hospital district during the holiday period. These bring the total number of positive cases in the Napier Hospital up to 11. The latest admissions of positive cases were an eight-year-old girl from Burnett street, Hastings, and a nine-year-old boy from Maraekakaho. The suspected case is a 12-year-old boy from Uarlyle street^ Napier. Purely as a precautionary measure, a Maori child was admitted to the Dannevirke Hospital for obaervation during the holiday period. "All the positive cases are progressing favourably, and there xa no need for any undue alarm," Teported Dr. J. J. Foley, superintendent of the Napier Hospital, this morning. He repeated previous warnings against children going about in the hot sunshine without ha'ta, or congregating. PaVents should be careful, however, not to prevent their children from getting plenty of fresh air. 1 4 The germ of infantile paralysis seems to feach the body through the throat and nose, for which reason people should take care not to breathe too heavily when conversing with each other at close range," he ad.ded.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 61, 30 March 1937, Page 4
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