Infantile Paralysis

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 27, 2 February 1937, Page 7

Infantile Paralysis

NO FRESH CASES IN DUNEDIN Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Last Night. No cases of infantile paralysis were admitted to the Dunedin hospital today but a positive case, a boy aged five from Milton, was admitted to the South Otugo hospital with slight paralysis. The case of a girl, aged IS, admitted on Saturday night for observation, is now diagnosed as negative. POSITIVE CASE IN WAIKATO. HAMILTON, Last Night. The first definite case of infantile paralysis in the Waikato district was admitted to Waikato hospital during the week-end, according to information received from Dr. H. B. Turbott, medical officer of health in Waikato, to-day. The case, that of an eighteen years old" girl from the Te Aj*oha district, is now five weeks old but it was not reported until tho week-end. There is no danger for all who have been in contact with her have been examined and found to be well and no spread of the disease is antieijjated. The girl lives on a farm in Piako county and it is believed slie contracted paralysis through contact with Dunedin people who were visiting her home in December. Paralysis was first suspected on Christmas Day and the girl has been at home since. RIGID QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS IN SAMOA. AUCKLAND, Last Night. Ou account of the infantile paralysis outbreak in New Zealand rigid quarantine restrict! us were again imposed upon the Union Company’s motor vessel Matua when sho visited Apia, Western Samoa, during the course of her latest island tour. Similar restrictions were also imposed at Pago Pago, American Samoa, but tho passengers and crew were allowed every freedom at Raratonga, Nukualofa and Suva. The Matua returned to Auckland to-day. When the Matua visited Apia iu December the medical authorities at tho port would not permit live passengers booked from Auckland to western Samoa to disembark nor were the roundtrip passengers or members of the ship’s company allowed to go ashore. Native labourers who worked Iho vessel were equipped with masks although according to one of the passengers on that occasion tho masks were soon discarded. On the recent trip no passengers were booked for Apia or Pago Pago from New Zealand, Itaratonga or JNuKuaioia and there was only one person making the round tour from tho Dominion. The Matua was given u clean bill of health at Raratonga and Nukualofa, but she was again placed in quarantine at Apia and at Pago Pago. At both ports the native labourers who came aboard to work the vessel wore masks for the whole time they were on board.