BUSY TIME FOR DOCTORS.
SICKNESS IN C-HEJPTCHURC'H. Christeuuivh, Satu r <lu T . I There is a great of siekne-s in iChristchureh ul present among i)oth ! adults and children. However, takon ns a whole, the conditions do not give cause for alarm. Measfts,' whooping cough, and colds were very prevalent among children before the schools were closed and there is still a great number 'of eases to be dealt with, move e-jpe:'-jially as a proportion of the mcaaW eases contract bronchitis in a mild form. .Among adults there is a certain amount of influenza, some bemg of the pneumonic variety. Ordinary pneumonia is also rathe! prevalent, and between the aill ments of children and adults doctors are ! being kept very busy indeed, j "I have been visiting patients from 10 I o'clock in'the morning till 11 or 12 ; o'clock nt, night, seven days a week for nearly a month," said one doctor to-day. "In fact I am ouite as busy as I was in the 101S epidemic."
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 11
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166BUSY TIME FOR DOCTORS. Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 11
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