INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The reference in a telegram from Auckland to “an epidemic of infantile paralvsi.’. such as exists in Christchurch” was subject of a question addressed to Dr. Telford, medical officer of health for uie Canterbury and Westland Health Districts. Dr. Telford eaid he did not think there was any justification to refer to the cases that had occurred in Christchurch as “an epidemic.” It was a limited outbreak confined to about a. dozen cases. All the cases were isolated in hospitals* and none remained outside. There bad been no deaths from the disease, and only some of the cases showed moderate degraea of severity. There was no occasion for any alarm. The disease was prevalent in the Hawke’s Bay district in October, when four cases were notified in two weeks. The Canterbury cases extended over a period from December 10 to the present time.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1921, Page 5
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155INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1921, Page 5
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