INFLUENZA.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1920, Page 4

INFLUENZA.

PLAN TO CHECK INFECTION, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christehurch, Last Night. Owing to the prevalence of mild inftV enza in Wellington, Auckland and Nelson just now Dr. Chesaon, District Health Officer, mentioned to a reporter to-night the possibility of the infection being brought south through the coming of pupils to boarding schools in this island. Ho makes a suggestion that headmasters of boarding schools in Canterbury and Otago should cause their North 'island and Nelson pupils to postpone their return to school for the present. Perhaps in a week or so the position might be sufficiently improved, in. Dr. Cheßson's opinion, to make it safe to dispense with the measure of safety.

EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA. HEAVY TOLL IN THE CITIES. By Telejraph.—Press Asin.—CopyrlEht. Received Jan. 27, 950 p.m. New York, Jan. 25. Nearly six thousand cases of influemw and three thousand of pneumonia have been reported in America sinoe January. 1. Deaths numbered more than a thousand. A Chicago message states more than two thousand new cases of influent* •t* reported daily. The number ill probably reaches ten thousand. More business establishments are operating under curtailed hours.—Aus*-N.Z. Cable Awn.

TO FIGHT THE DISEASE. STUDY IN THE TOOTED STATES. Received Jan. 27, 8.50 p.m. Washington, Jan. 96 The Senate passed a resolution to provide fifty thousand dollars to study the causes, prevention and cure of influenta. Public health services and college* hat- 1 ing suitable research facilities will be given funds to carry on the study. It is expected the House of RepresettUtrrei Will approve of the Cable Assn. '