INFLUENZA
POSITION IN AUSTRALIA,
By Telecraph—Press AMociatlon—Copytfrbl (Received May 11, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 10. At the resumption of racing and the opening of the football season yesterday there were good attendances, despite the prevalence of influenza. . The position in metropolitan and country district* both of .New. South Wales and Victoria is steadily improving. There is reason to believe that the top_ wave has passed. Infectivity and virulence are declining. A South Australian report shows the disease to bo gaining ground, with anincreasing number of deaths, though the death-rcte is not large. ' Queensland reports indicate that since the first outbreak infiueusa is steadily spreading. There are many new cases.
PAYMENT OF DOCTORS' FEII
Pros* .Association. CHRISTCHTJRCH, May 10.
As a result of a conference with the Hon. O. W. Russell over the payment of block doctors' fees, representatives of the local branch of the British Medical Association have agreed to supply the Minister with particulars as to the circumstances under which block doctors operated in Christchurch, also proposals with regard to a recrudescence of the influenza epidemic.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10277, 12 May 1919, Page 4
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177INFLUENZA New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10277, 12 May 1919, Page 4
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