THE EPIDEMIC.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 588, 26 July 1913, Page 5

THE EPIDEMIC.

VACCINATION PROCEEDING

THE CASES DIMINISHING

The spread of the epidemic among the Maorii i 3 nDW diminishing and the officers of the Health Department are of opinion that with the vaccination of the whole of the Maoris the disease will be thoroughly checked. There have been no further in connection with th" King Country case 3 and the patients are all doing well.

A statement aa to the probable dur ation cf tho epidemic was made by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Frengley, to a press representative yesterday. "Within ten days or a fortnight."' he said, "all Maoris in the Auckland province will have been vaccinated. We find that in all cases where natives have been vaccinated they have been protected from this trouble, even in instances where vaccinated Maoris have nursed and handled their less fortunate fellows. Further, we have found that all European people who have sickened with the disease have had something to do with Maoris. We, therefre, feel thai with all Maoris vaccinated the end of the outbreak may be anticipated about a month hence. Nevertheless, Auckland and its suburbs will still be endangered unless even greater recourse is had to the protection of vaccination." OFFICIAL BULLETIN. IMMUNITY BY VACCINATION. [JIY TKLKUB.U'II.— IT.KSS ASSOCIATION'] Wellington, This Day. An official bulletin states there are •54 cases in Auckland Hospital, twelve being Europeans. All are doing well. Dr Buck declares that as it is impossible to keep cases isolated in villages it has been decidud to establish an isolation camp at Ngawha. He adds that he has obtained a maBS of evidence with regard to the immunity afforded by vaccniation. He quotes a case of a father, mother and eight children where three children who were vaccinated were not affected whilst the other members of the family contracted the disease.