INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
ESKIMOS ATTACKED., 14,000 SUFFERING. VILLAGES WIPED OUT* Received Dec 25, 9 p.m. London, Dej. 22. Advices from Rome state that 14,000 Eskimos are suffering from Spanish influenza. The adults iu many villages have been wiped out.—Reuter (via America) .
CLOTHING OF PATIENTS. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CHRISTCHUROH HOSPITAL. MEDICAL. SUPERLN TENDENT'S REPLY. By Telegraph.—-Pfest Association. Ohristciiureh, Last Night. During the influenza epidemic, allegations were publicly made that the Christchurch Hospital had been' turned into a shambles, owing to the authorities tak ing the warm clothing on" the patients and dressing them in cotton shirts It was also alleged that pneumonia jackets had not been issued and, as a consequence, the change from woollen to cotton clothing had resulted in chill. Reporting to the meeting of tne board to-day Dr. Fox, medical superintendent mentioned that each patient was supplied with hospital clothing instead of their own, which was generally in excess, and the danger of chill was mitigated by the heating of the building. Although nearly all the staff had been laid up, and some had died, in no case wag a member of the staff supplied with a pneumonia jacket, only a single tied garment, and all were nursed in rooms heated similarly to the wards.
WELLINGTON ALMOST CLEAR. Wellington, Last Night. The Superintendent of the Wellington Hospital stated to-day:—"We have done with influenza, unless we get a recrudescence. There have been no admissions of fresh cases for two or three days, and there are now only nine patients in the influenza ward. It is hoped to have those nine discharged or transferred to the main hospital within a few days." Two influenza patients were discharged from the Hawera Public Hospital on Saturday while one was admitted on the same day. Two patients, whose condition suddenly took a turn for the worse, died early yesterday morning, one an adult and one child. There are now only 12 influenza cases in the institution" (says the Star). A report has been in circulation during the past few days to the effect that a second wave of influenza has broken out in the town (says the Patea Press). The report is entirely an erroneous one, as the few cases that have occurred recently can in no sense be termed a '■' wave."
A whole family of seven Maoris wa? wiped out through the influenza epidemic at Patea. They lived in a picturesque little bungalow on a rise overlooking the beautiful valley through which the Patea River flows, vfhen fine old mother was ta£en from her home to the hospital, although very ill, she refused to stay there, and got 'back to the steps of her own bourse, where she sat and wailed. She was again taken back to the hospital, with the same result, and in a lew hours was dead; her aged husband soon followed, a soit and his wife had already died, and then' the other three members of the family died in one
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1918, Page 5
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491INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1918, Page 5
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