MEASLES EPIDEMIC
MANY ADULTS AFFECTED. POSSIBILITY OF TWO TYPES OF DISEASE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Although, owing to the closing of schools for the term holidays no very definite figures are available in regard to the incidence of measles among school children, Dr F. S. Mac Lean, Medical Officer of Health for the Wellington district, stated today that his impression was that it was definitely easing off among children. On the other hand, there appeared to be still a large number of adults affected and in this respect the epidemic was unusual. Owing to measles not being a notifiable disease, it was impossible to obtain figures as to the number of adults affected, but it was known that in the Wellington area the staffs of business firms and other organisations were still considerably depleted. Dr Mac Lean said that Mr T. A. Russell, health officer for Masterton Borough, had expressed the opinion that the extent to which adults were affected was probably due to two distinct types being prevalent, common and German, immunity from one through previous contraction not implying immunity from the other. Cases in Marlborough appeared to be increasing. In Nelson the cases were less.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 September 1938, Page 8
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