INFLUENZA.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1920, Page 4

INFLUENZA.

OUTBREAK ONLY MILD. JTO CAUSE FOR ALARM, 'The Health Department report that there is no occasion for alarm on account of the mild form of influenza prevalent, and deprecate any panic or promijancu being given to the visitation. They report that the whole situation from Auckland to the Bluff is well in hand, and so far reports are of a very; reassuring nature. The schools and col* leges in the North Island are, of course, remaining closed for the time being as a precautionary measure, and the' Department, profiting by its experience in the last epidemic, is well orgaajpHs - in the case of another outbreak. AUSTRALIAN PRECAUTIONS ( By TeleETdDh,—Prew Assn.—Copyright, Sydney, Jan. 39. '] In view of its re-appearance el<p« where the Federal health authoritte are taking timely precautions. agqttft a possible recrudescence of Muoufc Everything is reported to be in rewjfc j ness should an outbreak occur. j MANY CASES IN NEW YOKE- | New York", Jan, 29. Influenza cases reported in New YoTli \ since January 1 total 19,763. The num-, 1 ! ber reported yesterday was 6589, which'' ■ surpasses the total for a single day ia ' the 1918 epidemic. Die health offieera i report that the presen* influenza, is •>>] milder form than that of 1918, j