INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Southland Times, Issue 18836, 1 June 1920, Page 5

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

ANOTHER SMALLPOX CASE. On Saturday a young lady who has contracted smallpox was admitted to Kew. No oilier cases were reported on Sunday or yesterday. All the doctors are at present busy vaccinating, hut there are numbers of citizens who evince a prejudice against this means of precaution. In conversation with a Times representative, Dr Ritchie, who has been sent by the Health Department to watch proceedings in Southland, expressed surprise at the attitude of these people. It was strange, he said, that, rather than undergo a little temporary inconvenience—and even that was not necessary in every case -■there were those who were willing to taka the risk of contracting a malignant disease.

INFLUENZA. There tire a goodly number of influerua eases in the local Health District, but, fortunately, the great majority are of a very mild type. WELLIN'GTON NOTIFI CATIONS. A GENERAL DECLINE. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 31. There has been a general decline in the number of cases of infectious diseases reported in the Wellington health district during the past week. The position has improved to such arUcxtent that the health authorities have decided to allow the schools to re-open tomorrow after the term holidays. A number of cliickcnpox cases arc reported from various parts of the district, but the outbreak is not serious. This disease has been made notifiable on account of the outbreak of smalifiox in Invercargill.