INFANTILE PARALYSIS
A CASE AT WELLINGTON [ Per Pres# Association.] WELLINGTON, Feb. 20. A case of infantile paralysis has been notified to the Wellington Office of the Health Department and the victim, a boy of five living in Wellington, has been admitted to hospital. He is a positive case accompanied by paralysis. Dr. F. S. Mac Lean, medical officer of health at Wellington, said to-day that sporadic cases of poliomyelitis were quite customary and were to be expected. They may exist, he added, without there being any risk of an epidemic. In fact, seldom a month goes past without a case occurring somewhere in New Zealand, though for a few months after an epidemic districts will be very free of cases. The previous Wellington notification was in August, 1937.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 44, 22 February 1939, Page 10
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128INFANTILE PARALYSIS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 44, 22 February 1939, Page 10
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