PROVINCIAL NEWS
[united pbess association.l SERIOUS CASES OP BLOOD-POI-SONING AT WELLINGTON. Wellington, February 19. On Saturday morning there was an outbreak of blood-poisoning in two surgical wards of the hospital. The disease was traced to a case of puerperal fever, from which a patient had died twenty-four hours before. Every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease, but it iucreased and Dr. Chilton, medical officer was compelled to discharge all such cases to their own homes and close the surgical ward. Infectious cases have been strictly isolated, but it i'b feared they are in very grave danger. The patient who was suffering from puerperal fever was admitted to the hospital by mistake, but how it occurred has not transpired. The patient died shortly after admission. The two other patients who have been attacked by blood-poisoning are in a critical condition. The Colonial Secretary has given instructions to the medical department to use endeavors to stamp out the disease; in the meanwhile, 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 the reception of urgent cases. Later. There are now four cases of bloodpoisoning at the hospital and another case is suspected.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2639, 20 February 1885, Page 2
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