Infantile Paralysis
POSITIVE CASE IN OAMARU HOSPITAL. Per Press Association. OAMARU, Last Night. A positive case of infantile paralysis, a six-year-old girl from Enfield/ wes admitted to the Oamaru Public Hospital on Tuesday. She is suffering from muscular weakness. A suspected case from within the borough of Oamaru (the first case) wae admitted to the hospital to-day, the patient being a boy 5 to 6 years of age. POSITIVE CASE IN CHRISTCHURCH Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. A case of infantile paralysis in the city was reported to the medical officer for health to-day. The patient is a woman, aged 19, who was admitted to the public hospital on Monday evening for observation. The diagnosis completed to-day proved positive. There is no paralysis. This is the first case reported for a fortnight. THREE CASES IN INVERCARGILL HOSPITAL Pef Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Last Night. A girl aged 13 from Lowther, near Lumsden, was admitted to the Southland Hospital this afternoon with definite paralysis. There axe now three cases of paralysis in the hospital. NO NEW CASES IN WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Last Night. No new cases or suspected cases of infantile paralysis were reported in Wellington to-day and there were no new admissions to the Wellington Hospital.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19370204.2.82
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 7
Word Count
205Infantile Paralysis Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in