CHILD PARALYSIS
T en*Y ear-Old Ongaonga Boy Dies THE MAYOR'S C0MMENT The first case of infantile paralysis to be reported from the Ongaonga distriet was that of a boy, aged 10, who dierL in the Waipukurau Hospital yesterday afternoon. He was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday with a very high temperature. H§ developed infantile paralysis and died. "I do not pfoposd to make any detailed feport oil thef aCtion which- has had to be taken froiii time to time r'egarding: tho closihg of schobls on accbunt 6f thb infahtile paralysis epiddmic," said the Chairman Of the Hawke 's Bay Education Board, Mr G. A. Maddison, iii his Monthiy feport to the bOafd this mofiiing. "SuffiCe if to Say that aC'fion has beeit taken When r"0quifed on the adviCe Of the He&ith Departmeit. I sinc'efely trust that it will ifot hd lohg befofe the epidemiC has entiiely spent itsOlf^ and that the W'ofk 6f the schools throughout thS' WholO distriet Will becOine norfflal again. ' '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 76, 16 April 1937, Page 4
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