THE EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1918, Page 5

THE EPIDEMIC.

HOSPITAL REPORT. , M [ There were four to the Aom .pital yesterday—two from New PlVis [mouth, one from Uruti and one fro®) Bell Block. Eight influenza patients VMM I discharged, leaving 131 in the mstjtuiibwl .besides 35 other cases, One death o®»£ purred that of Harry Cor kill, aged 48jfi of Okato. ' b At Kawaroa there were 6 admissioni* .and C discharges, leaving 23 inmates.'- jsi At the East End there were two admit* ■ sions and 5 discharges, 21 remaining. At the native "hostelry five cases wer£admitted~2 from Urenui, 1 Waitara ail}, 1 Bell Block. One case was sent to .the hospital, there being 19 left. . y ~ ifi bad report from westporjp. rf " ' ''■* " ll t it? Westport, Deft $, in Westport conditions have steadily [improved but to-day Burnett's Eaoe.owV of the Westport Coal Company's mtainir, centres, sends in a bad report. Over j are down with influenza, some beinc lit? | 'a serious state- Fair's Hall has be*rf> commandeered, and also the kitchen of f the hotel. Bedding is being gent oUft from Westport in the morning. '• | fort is being made to sector© twe qtife&f fled nurses to take over the control of • the nursing arrangements. ents "from Seddonville Were admitted 'til tlie Westport Hospital to-day. * 1 I wr n

DYING DOWN IN TIMARU. \ '% t a . Timaru, Bee. $: \J Influenza M rapidly dying down httiM there, being only two fresh «aße». TJisi cases now occurring are of a milder ttftsQ than when the epidemic first tooke *&? For several days past the reports f«toil outlying districts have indicated 11* marked improvement. The Mayor ]«R fimani, the local medical toenl'and. titel Voluntary Aid Committee, are ti&aj® mously of opinion that the Minister fait made a serious mistake in re-opmbM business so soon. November was 6*£ m and squally, and at times eold. ttjjfi hoped that the summer Weather, wfifta* now seems to have set in, will hefo j&\ get rid of the epidemic. 7 ■>'« ' '*' A NORMAL GRE&. '$ MOUTH. fi

.Greymoulli, Dec, 6. Town ia again normal.' There S only one dangerous cas« reported - to* a day. Two hospitals will • cldse about Jt Monday, as the main- hospital caul &aw : 'k accommodate all the cases. I \ .J A conference of West Coast rafogjjjidJj trottirig clubs, including the WeatUaftJ! Reefton, and Crey Jockey Club and TWt- J ting Oinb, and the Westland Racing Trotting Club, decided to adhere to' thjM Christmas and New Year programtttsl j provided the embargo on sports by the Minister for Public Health, 'thall Reef ton Club will not race on Bdfcing'.'f Day, but •will fix a date, probably theie 10th or 11th of January. " , The mines are working full time, the sawmilling industry is normal, "5 - AUCKLAND'S EEPORT. * "'1 Auckland, Last Night" *ll The burials in the city and &übtirl)#"*S during 'November totalled 1081, as coin- -'J monthly average of undttfj^ The Citizens' Committee io-dav prm.J sented Dr. Frcngley with an address exisl pressing their sense of the admuable * manner in which he has discharged the t $ duties of responsible officer while id Auckland. ■ "*v ' M Just prior to the meeting, an tion was received that Dr. Frerigley U3 to remain here. 1 h£N This Arawa has been declared a cleiutjj 9hip. The New Zealand passenger! wwi'S landed,, and the other- passengtrs Unji crew remained on board. ' 1| The Southern Cross has no infloen&jfij hut one native boy has a tenipeniturtL\s and the vessel is detained pendiM dw !2 | velopments. • W j ! THE CRECHE. 'I The splendid work that lias been dondf'' by Nurse Williams aod, Jief helpers fl-t the creclie at the Good Templar Ball wat A concluded yesterday, when the remainder J of the babies went out, iDr. Wade 6» amined the iximates in the morning, udljj as ho returned a clean bill, they'were aff-jf returned to their homes during the after* '5 noon, with the exception of & Uttll 'jr. Maori baby, whose mother was not'welt's enough to take it, and who was tllkeil, J until she recovers, by a private family i'ii; The hall is now closed for fumigation. Each baby sent out was provided' with 'j 24 hours' supply of 'food, And, Whew *9", if quired, with two changes of dean clot* -3 inj». N 1 ELTHAM. " • | Yesterday's Eltham report states that /& only one case was admitted oil Wednea-,*| day, and that the Town Hall is now jyffic* tically a convalescent ward, no cases hav* > ing been admitted there for some days. ■, V i