INFLUENZA
WELLINGTON NOTIFICATIONS INCREASING. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 24. The influenza notifications in the Wellington health district continue to increase. For the week ended noon to-day 1149 cases were notified, an increase of 350 compared with the figures far the previous week. Of the latest notifications 1112 were classified as mild, 24 as pneumonic, and 13 as severe. An increase is also reported in the number of rases of pneumonia. 23 notifications having been received last week, against 8 for the previous week. The District Health Officer emphasised that the ratio of pneumonic cases to mild forms of the disease remained low, r-n that tha situation could be held to be satisfactory.
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Southland Times, Issue 18830, 25 May 1920, Page 6
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114INFLUENZA Southland Times, Issue 18830, 25 May 1920, Page 6
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