INFLUENZA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3466, 21 April 1920, Page 3

INFLUENZA.

PRECAU'I‘IONARY MEAS URES IN

CHRISTCHURCH

CHRISTCHURCH, April J 9

A threat of {L widespread influenza, outbreak on the eve of the‘ visitof the Prince of Wales led to the adoption at‘ certain ‘pl‘CL".:lLltiOll{l'l'y measures in the city to-day, Dr. 'l‘elford, District Health ()t’ficer, said that since Wednesday, April 14th, there had been a considerable incl'e:lse in the number of influenza cases reported in the eity from Mnreh 31, the fig'u'res had grown to .120, ine‘luding twenty-two fresh cases at Christ College, which was closed, and ten cases in the Maori. pa. near Lyttelton. The :illl:ho'.‘itios hm] deeiuilcd to close several schools as :1. pl’eeaut'iolml'y measure. Of the .120 cases one was’ ol'dinnl-y pneumonia, three were influenza.,’:lnd the balance were of :1 In.'Llil type. The position was not :Il:u'lning in any way. The :'le.tion by the 'Dep:n'tnlent was purely precaut.ion:n'y in View of the coming visit of the Prince of Wales.‘ The cause 0;!‘ the sudden outbreak was probably the cold two d:ly’s snap experienced last week. The Boys.‘ High E~7.<-hoe] had been closed for :1 week‘. '

STATISTICS FOR WELLINGEON .l)lS'l‘RlC'l‘.

\\*'_ELLINGTON, April 19.

During the week (ended noon to-dayl 238 cases of infectious disease occur-3 red in fho Wellington He:llth_Distl'ict,i an increase of 60 compared with the pl'=~\'ious \\.'cok.- 'J‘llel'e \\'us 21 jump of T2 in ‘rho number of influenza cases, 207 being 1-opo'rt.c:l for the we_ek., as u.g:lirlst 1255 during tho week ended April 12. Of the Iluulbor I'opor‘;cd 200 were mild, and 7 pneumonia. The influenza. figures include 32 \from the I’l*esbytel'ian. Gil'ls’ Orphanage, Island Bay, and 42 from the Wanganui Hospital district. The cases are pretty well dishibuled t'hl'ougllollt the public health district, and are mostly of :1 mild typo. S(:\.'or:1l schools in Blenheim have been («‘.o.s:v<l on. ‘rho instructions of flu.‘ local school «30n1mitto0.:<.