BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
PREPARATIONS FOR ANY FUTURE EPIDEMIC. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Board of I'nblic Health held its initial meeting to-day. The Hon. (!. W. Russell said it was not intended on the present occasion to deal with the general duties imposed upon the board, but rather to discuss the possibility of recrudescence of inlluen/a and steps to deal with a further outbreak. He de-si'-ed io point out. without boms ail alarmist, that notifications nf influcnzn wwp indicatim l ; a steady increase iliiYiiis l ou l ' tli? Dominion. A large majority of the ca«es were of a uiild character. and the number of serious cases wns very small. The Minister placed before the meeting a series of nnestions for consideration dealing with the quarantine of ships, the existence of sufficient accommodation in the main centres for concentration of infected patients in the event of recrudescence The.e questions were fullv discussed and decisions reached.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1919, Page 5
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156BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH. Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1919, Page 5
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