PNEUMONIA IN CHRISTCHURCH.
JKJCTOUS SAY IT IS NOT AN EPIDEMIC. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. A f»irry largo number of cases of ] pneumonia are reported in Christchurch, ' and some alarm is felt at the prevalence of 'the disease, hut Dr. Chesson, District JTealth- Officer, and private doctors report that there is nothing in the nature of aii epidemic, and if care 1b taken most of the, .patient's should have a comparatively qijfcilt recovery. ''There is nothing to warraat uadne alarm," arc Dr. Chesson V words. Dr. Chesson added that . the figirres did not pneumonia tons'more prevalent now than this time last year. Previously it was not a notifl- - able idlsnse, and as on figures affecting it were compiled it was impossible to Jtno.w how far it i-xtended 'thaough the district. The position probably was the enme as nmial. *
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1919, Page 5
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139PNEUMONIA IN CHRISTCHURCH. Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1919, Page 5
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