VIRULENT DIPTHERIA.
MX DEATHS I- I'JVE MONTH."?. '. "A severe lypc of diphtheria is pre I> a ieul now, and Hit; public is no I aii■> e io I'iic daugei ol delay in oh j mining advice, especially when tin ji.lt.-i a-e attacks tlie windpipe," said lie I .Medical .-unci iuiendent oi Ihe I'al ■ oei.-iuo Aortb Hospital l,Ur. l-'orresl jin ihe our.-e oi his re-porl to a meet I iny oi ihe Hospital Hoard yesterday. j she ia i live ne.uiii- there have been ,i -. dea'U- a- compared with one ioi tin' v. IcUe o! last year. Six cases wele : eao ii during the inoiiih." in relneiicu io this, ihe chairman >i: .lames Wilson said lie lioped Mn doctor's v orris would be w idely noli d, and he Would like io give a word o. ai!'. ice [o pui ems to seek medical ad- \: r ii an. soreness manifesled itscli in a i-iiiid - throat. Sir .lames coinmetiied on ihe number Oi ease.- oi if aiiei, iccer and diphtheria uu« wiieii ■ !-■ ;....•.;; was compulsory, eomp; i "i du not think we have any i.oniioi over epidemics of this nature," > replied In. Forrest. "There has been be the last tlnee years an increased j amoiiui ui scarlet lever and diphtbe- • r:a." Ail those who were susceptible ; look liie-e eompln.ints, and ihey died ; i.in only ' u a period and reapiieared • h u ;■ new geiietation ol children ~--,- • piiblc io them grew up. There -..-I- mo way ol controlling these cpilen;e -. !n aii die liurop an countr <- - i::e -a ne , ouditions obtained. 1 lie 'be ill! atiileuliies were trying to do aw i'. v. ith diphthei ia by desiroymg ' ilit- • aii iei -. ill tins coiiiieeiiuii. ihe h '-icai l-a. ieiioioglsi visiled l-eildilig during '.in- wek and swabbed ihe : ihroai.- oi OGO children. Mi \V. Murdoch expressed Hie opm- | ion ihut dirty sun uuiidings wei e largely responsible for such epidemics, 'as indicated by Shannon's experience.. ' Aiiotii five years ago there were over ; sii cases o| diphtheria in Shannon. , When ihe borough was formed a dis ; graceful state ol affairs, in respec-1 oi Idiny ba. k yards was disclosed, bul atrn-i measures were taken and all ihesc oil Pad been cleaned -in and 'Keni .'leai!. siii'-e men there had been -, lmv iii'ie diphtheria in shannon ,
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Otaki Mail, 14 August 1922, Page 4
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378VIRULENT DIPTHERIA. Otaki Mail, 14 August 1922, Page 4
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