INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1918, Page 8

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

RAVAGES AT AUCKLAND. STRONG MEASURES TAKEN. J By Telegraph. —Press Association. Auckland, Friday. The influenza epidemic shows no abatement. Three more deaths have occurred. The lire brigades, police, telephone exchange and business staffs generally are greatly depleted. The Citizens' Committee have asked the council for the use of Ivilibryde, in Paruell Park as a temporary hospital, and have appealed for voluntary workers, particularly ex-nurses, for service in the city, which has been divided into blocks. Free medicine is to be supplied where necessary. It has also been decided to ask the Minister for Public Health to make the disease subject of quarantine, in view of the fact that ships are possibly on their way from countries where t'iie disease is of a severe type. The Education board has been asked to close the schools and fumigate the buildings, and the Defence Minister is to be asked to release doctors from the Medical Boards to aid in combating the epidemic. AucklaH Last Nig'nt. Fifteen deaths, directly traceable to influenza, are known to have occurred on Saturday and to-day, and probably there are others not yet reported. Three deaths occurred in one house. The Newton police broke into a house in Cook Street to-day and found a man and his wife seriously ill from the complaint, but having had no attendance. When the ambulance arrived the man was (load. Narrow Neck Camp is now generally affected- One Native soldier is dead. WATERSIDE WORKERS CAUTIOUS. Wellington, Nov. 2, The waterside workers this morning refused to work tlia I'aloona, on which it is thought there are several cases of influenza, unless they were given a guarantee of compensation in case of infection. The Union Co. ofafi.ils stated that there had been no influenza on board since October 16, and that the vessel has been thoroughly disinfected. 20 CASES ON MONOWAI. Wellington, Last NightThe Monowai, from Auckland direct, arrived at Wellington this morningThere were 20 cases of influenza amongst the crew. Captnin Drewette, the cominandsr, who tuSVrKg from the grippe at Auckland, insisted on remaining on duty, and he developed pneumonia en route. He was taken to the hospital, but the other cases aro not serious.