INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1919, Page 5

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

« —— THE VICTORIAN OUTBREAK.PRECAUTIONS IN NEW SQUIB " WALES. Received Jan. Si, 10 ../ p.m. iiydnoy, Jan. 24 Wiiiie awaiting Federal action regiuv lug the mlluciuia outbreak in Victoria, the New South 'Wales Government lia# taken the precautionary step of placing medical patrol on die border siatioiu at Albury. 'flic Minister for Health summed up thfc position, Btatmg: "No doubt the peopta of Victoria are dying from ft deaiiiy disease. We don't care whether ii is tliu Spanish influenza or what. At long as it kills people we moat take the utmost precautions." lit view of this, Mr Holinan has asked the Federal authorities to enforce, tlw agreement between the Cosunonwealtft States, cabled yesterday Melbourne, Jan. 24. At a. conference of Commonwealth State Ministers, Mr Watt said that M far as information went, the outbreak seemed io be the epidemic, ti'ut not "the" epidemic. The chairman of the Board oi Health states that tests were incomplete, frtit he had reason to hope that the viruleftt form of the local influenza was no# caused by the foreign germ. THE DISEASE SPREADING. * Keceived Jan 23, 1 a.m. Melbourne, Last Night. The authorities ara taking ail neoel sarv precautious against influenza. Itoculation depots have been established. There were several fresk case* tod#* It is officially tKought that the disease is nf a local type, but witli increasing epidemic properties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabtft Am ' sociation Received Jan. 'ift, 1.30 a.m. Melbourne, Last Night' "here are 100 fn'fluenw otsc* u#d»* treatment