INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
. OFFICIAL REPORT FOR A WEEK. > By Telegraph.—Press Association, t • Christcliurch, June 21. Information reoeived byl the Hon. •'&? W. Russell shows that during the week ended June 16,12 cages of lethargic encephalitis were reported in New Zea.sland. Four were r in the North Island' and eight in the South Island. Cases of' other diseases reported during the week were: Diphtheria 98 (30 in North Island, 68 in South Island), influenza 32Improvements are in hand on Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbor, to deal with cases of infectious diseases on coastal vessels. Lyttelton is not usually made the first port of call for ocean-going vessels, and if any arrive there with influenza on board the vessel will be sent to Wellington for quarantine. The Health Department feels it is not necessary to have more than two large fullyequipped quarantine stations in the Dominion. The new buildings at Auckland will enable the station there to accommodate 700 persons. The Wellington station, when all arrangements are completed,, will accommodate th» game number. . ■. • ■
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1919, Page 5
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168INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1919, Page 5
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